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Texas wildfires: What to know about damage and evacuations
2+ week, 4+ day ago (465+ words) Smoke from the Ross Fire forms a mushroom over Palo Pinto. A fast-moving wildfire has scorched more than 50,000 acres in Texas, damaging several structures and forcing evacuations west of Fort Worth. The Ross Fire tore through Palo Pinto County before…...
Hurricanes routinely threaten the Texas coast. But mass evacuations pose risks of their own
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1399+ words) In 2005, Southeast Texas witnessed one of the worst-executed mass evacuations in American history. Have disaster response agencies learned their lesson? This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org....
Ordenan evacuaciones en zona rural de Texas por enorme incendio forestal
2+ week, 4+ day ago (410+ words) Las autoridades ordenaron evacuaciones el martes en una zona rural de Texas donde un incendio forestal ha crecido enormemente, arrasando tierras y obligando a escuelas a retrasar o cancelar las clases. El incendio, que comenzó a primera hora de la…...
Edouard, now a tropical depression, drenches Texas with flash flooding and downed trees
1+ week, 4+ day ago (576+ words) Michael Espinoza stands under the awning of his shop, T&M Bait Shop, watching rain from Tropical Storm Edouard come down in High Island, Texas, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. Credit: AP/Brett Coomer PORT ARTHUR, Texas — The former Tropical Storm Edouard…...
Video captures massive flames from Ross Fire in Texas
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Extreme flooding underway in Texas, where more than a foot of rain has fallen
1+ week, 3+ day ago (329+ words) An extreme flood scenario is underway Wednesday morning in Southeast Texas with the remnants of Edouard. The storm, now a tropical depression, has dumped an estimated 15 to 22 inches of rain in spots, and some areas could experience rain totals of…...
On 9/11, a chain of strangers moved heaven and earth to save a Houston baby. They succeeded.
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1221+ words) A Humvee pulled into a breezeway at Houston's Texas Children's Hospital in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, amid a national tragedy still unfolding, and a group of National Guardsmen handed over a box roughly two feet by one. Inside it, packed…...
Fire draws multiple agencies to Texas Renaissance Festival grounds
1+ week, 5+ day ago (121+ words) Firefighters extinguished a fire Monday afternoon at the Texas Renaissance Festival grounds in Todd Mission, Grimes County officials said. A spokesperson for the Grimes County Emergency Management Office confirmed the fire and said no injuries were reported. Officials had not…...
These 10 Houston ZIP codes have the biggest gaps in FEMA’s flood-risk maps
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1271+ words) Comparison of flood risk in the Downtown Houston area, based on new research, left, and official FEMA maps, right. A Texas A&M University study shows far more Harris County properties may face serious flood risk than FEMA’s flood maps…...
Is a hurricane coming to Texas? The latest on Tropical Storm Edouard
1+ week, 4+ day ago (421+ words) Tropical Storm Edouard is "poised to significantly strengthen" before making landfall later today, Sept. 1, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters warned Edouard could approach hurricane strength before it reaches southeast Texas or southwestern Louisiana. A hurricane watch has been…...