Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were ...

But Beryl exposed cracks in the armor that Houston area residents have smithed over the last couple decades. Moreover, forecasters say a future with more Beryls, more intense and unusual storms, may ...

In May, Congress overturned a Biden administration rule that limited pollution of seven toxic chemicals, including lead and ...

Hurricane season is underway and we want to make sure you're prepared well before a storm forms. That's why we're created the KHOU 11 Hurricane guide. One element of the guide is evacuation maps.

A reported 23 nursing home patients died in a bus accident near Dallas as a result of Hurricane Rita evacuation efforts. The storm also caused traffic jams, heat exhaustion, and gas shortages for ...

TxDOT says it can’t guarantee that upgrades to one of Houston’s main hurricane evacuation routes will prevent future flooding of U.S. 59.

News Hurricane preparedness: How and when to evacuate your home — maps, tips In the event authorities order an evacuation for the Houston area, TxDOT has a number of tools to help speed the process.

On Tuesday, Ars took a look at how Houston handles hurricanes, particularly in light of the city's botched response to Hurricane Rita in 2005. Back then, millions of Houstonians poured onto the ...

It was short and sweet: “You up?” The Rita nightmare Houston experienced the nation's worst hurricane evacuation 15 years ago, when a storm named Rita menaced the state in late September.

The storm intensified rapidly into a Category 4 hurricane as it barreled toward the Louisiana and Texas coasts with ferocious 150 mph maximum sustained winds.

I never truly processed the news about the death of my cousin Alejandro during the mass evacuation ahead of Hurricane Rita. Our family was so large, we had to take several different vehicles to ...