Topic: Hurricane Harvey

For millions of Americans, homeowners insurance premiums have grown as coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024.

More than 1.2 million utility customers in Houston remain without power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which came ashore in Southeast Texas early in the week, utility officials said Thursday afternoon.

U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Stacy Dean will become the inaugural executive director of the Global Food Institute at George Washington University.

One year after Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa, Fla., as a Category 4 storm, residents in the Fort Myers area are still picking up the pieces.

The National Hurricane Center announced Thursday that it is adopting a new model for storm forecasting ahead of the 2023 season.

A 50-year-old mother and her 25-year-old daughter will graduate together on Friday with straight A's from a graduate program at a Texas university. It's the fifth time they've completed college programs together.

Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt will retire after the 2022 season, he announced Tuesday on social media.

In many disaster- and outage-prone areas, people are starting to ask whether investing in rooftop solar and battery storage systems can keep the lights on and the air conditioner running when the power grid can't.

Motorists across the U.S. are hard-pressed to find gas prices below $4.30, and a recent survey found that they could influence whether Florida residents evacuate or stay put during an approaching storm threat.

A Texas agency discriminated against communities of color when it denied more than $1 billion in federal relief funds sought by Houston and Harris County, HUD said.