In the wake of Hurricane Ike’s destructive tear through Texas, relief groups continued to feed and shelter thousands of evacuees from Galveston, Houston, and other areas damaged by the storm. But many ...

Federal lawmakers have allocated $5 million for the long-planned initiative, which would create a coastal barrier system to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded ...

On September 13th, 2008, Galveston Island was devastated by storm surge as a result of Hurricane Ike. A large majority of the families of Galveston Island lost their possessions, their clothing, and ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of ...

Charities were scrambling on Monday to feed and shelter hundreds of thousands of people affected by Hurricane Ike. Relief workers said the storm, while not as damaging as they feared, would require a ...

AUSTIN, Texas, September 12, 2008 (ENS) - Rushing across the Gulf of Mexico towards Galveston and Houston, Texas, Hurricane Ike is predicted to be a Category 3 hurricane before landfall at around 1 ...

HOUSTON It's known simply as The Great Storm of 1900, and it was the worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States. At least 6,000 people on the 30-mile-long by 3-mile wide strip of sand along ...

BRIDGE CITY — Thursday, September 13th, will mark the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike making landfall in Southeast Texas. Thousands of homes remained underwater following a 13-foot storm surge ...

HOUSTON, TX, USA A monster-sized Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday, threatening to rattle the sparkling skyscrapers of America's fourth-largest city, shut down the heart of the ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Efforts from the 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade helped to bridge the gap among Army Aviation, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other ...