A major hurricane could shut down one of the country’s largest energy and petrochemical hubs. But a decadeslong effort to ...

After Hurricane Ike sent as much as 15 feet of water ... built with Ike recovery funds in a wealthy Houston suburb. Loren Elliott for The Texas Trib It’s not clear how the housing money from ...

HOUSTON – I’ll never forget my first day on the job in Houston: July 15, 2003. It was supposed to be filled with HR meetings ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- It was Sept. 13, 2008, when Hurricane Ike ripped through the Houston area, claiming the lives of dozens in Texas. The powerful category 2 storm ravaged the Gulf Coast after ...

For Houston, it would be the first major hurricane since Alicia in August ... levee manager for Terrebonne Parish. Though Ike was heading for Texas, it spawned thunderstorms, shut down schools ...

The long-envisioned Ike Dike project, which is awaiting federal funding, entails constructing a multifaceted barrier system ...

Both travelers and coastal residents will see improvements to popular Texas beaches and dunes, which will be a boon to ...

It outranked most of Houston’s past major storms with ... reported in the immediate aftermath of 2008’s Hurricane Ike – one of Texas’ deadliest storms. Though rainfall leading up to ...

As hurricane season ramps up, homeowners hoping to cut back on their insurance premiums will need to spend money to save ...

Hurricane Ike caused 74 deaths in Harris and Galveston ... The following spring, Bill Merrell, a marine science professor at Texas A&M Galveston, began speaking publicly about a barrier system ...

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images GALVESTON, Texas – While a majority of Houston seems to have ... Most notably, Hurricane Ike caused over $30 billion in damages in 2008.