The projects by a group at Rice University is designed to complement the Ike Dike to help protect people along the Gulf Coast ...

Estimated to cost $7 billion, the Galveston Bay Park Plan is a new storm surge defense plan that aims to protect the Greater ...

businesses up and down Galveston Bay are worried about storm surges from whatever comes to the Houston area. Topwater Grill sits right along the bay in San Leon, and took on several inches of ...

A plan to build a chain of islands in the middle of Galveston Bay to block storm surges will be the subject of a yearlong government-sponsored study conducted by Rice University. Houston City ...

The Storm Surge Warning is in effect from San Luis Pass to High Island, including Galveston Bay. The warning was issued because of the potential for up to five feet of surge in some areas.

It calls for construction of a 22-mile chain of islands, at a cost of about $6 billion to serve as a storm surge barrier to protect the Houston Ship Channel and west side of Galveston Bay.

On the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay project, it is implementing an early ... of Engineers “They understand and fear the risk of storm surge and hope the work of this program will protect their ...

that will seal off Galveston Bay from a devastating surge in the event of an incoming storm. And Texas is due for one. “We have a cycle here of about one every seven years,” says Kelly Burks ...

Our barrier islands took a beating from Alberto’s storm surge. Galveston Bay and nearby barrier islands saw two to four feet of storm surge roll onto the island. For communities on the Bolivar ...

Hurricane Ike sent storm surges of 15 to 20 feet across the Galveston Bay area along the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas. The storm also produced significant coastal flooding on the north side of ...