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No Shops, No Gas: Large Swaths of Houston Are Still in the Dark

Days after Hurricane Beryl crashed through the city, Houston is still grappling with the aftershocks. Large swaths of America’s fourth-largest city are still without power, shutting stores and snarling traffic at non-functioning lights. Gas stations are either closed or swamped …

Houston Struggles With Beryl’s Blackouts and Searing Heat

Houston is struggling through Hurricane Beryl’s chaotic aftermath, with blackouts, blocked roads, internet disruptions and spotty access to gas expected to linger well after the storm’s floodwaters recede. More than 1 million homes and businesses are likely to be without …

Houston Floodwaters Start to Recede; 800 Structures Damaged

HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas began to recede on Monday, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall that pummeled the area and led …

Rising Rivers, Bayous Force Texas Evacuations

Residents were evacuating their homes in Southeast Texas on March 15 as rivers swollen by days of heavy rain displaced thousands of people, forced the temporary closure of a major interstate and overwhelmed small towns along the Louisiana border. People …

Heartbreak For Some In Colorado With No Flood Policy

Jessica Klauzer-Zimmerman and her children have been sleeping on friends’ couches since floodwaters sloshed into her Boulder townhouse – which wasn’t covered by flood insurance.”We were told we didn’t need it because we didn’t live on the flood plain,” said …