Hurricane Irma has been battering the Caribbean with record winds and heavy rain and is expected to continue churning slowly toward Florida, with a potential direct hit this weekend. Evacuation orders are in effect in several counties. As people scramble to get their homes ready, there have been shortages of basic supplies like food, water, and gas. Highways have…
Congress is back in session, and at the top of the to-do list is a vote to authorize nearly $8 billion dollars for hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. The damage from hurricane Harvey is expected to cost as much as $190 billion, and FEMA is warning lawmakers it will run out of money for disaster relief by the end of…
The expected announcement from the Trump administration today is to bring an end to DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. The program was introduced by President Obama back in 2012 and was not intended to be a permanent solution, instead a measure intended to provide…
There are moments of calm amidst the devastation, but floodwaters still remain high. In Houston, authorities are going door to door, keeping track of cleared homes using GPS coordinates. The state says some 37,000 homes in Texas have been heavily damaged, 7,000 destroyed. Crowds in shelters are thinning a bit, but it’s not clear where many people will go. The…
Harvey is now a tropical depression, still soaking east Texas after leaving the Houston area with a messy and dangerous clean-up. While floodwaters overall have begun to recede, in some areas they have continued to rise. To the east, communities like Port Arthur and Beaumont have been inundated with water. Northeast of Houston, another crisis is brewing following a…
The skies have cleared over Houston, taxes, and while the improving weather is a welcome relief, there is a tremendous amount of work ahead. The death toll is rising as rescue crews come across more victims of Harvey. Among the casualties, Houston police officer Steve Perez, who was trapped in his vehicle while responding to the storm.New mega shelters are…
The worst may be yet to come in Houston as now tropical storm Harvey continues to dump rain on an area already experiencing record floods. The torrential rainfall is not letting up as Harvey moved back offshore into warm gulf waters and gained a bit of strength. The death toll is almost certain to rise as rescuers race to…
More rain in Houston today and this is going to be the reality for this part of Texas for the next few days yet as Harvey continues to dump record setting rainfall, floodwaters continue to rise and rescue crews are racing. A flotilla of government and volunteer rescue boats have been trying to meet the demand. shelters are quickly filling….
Tropical Depression Harvey is currently hundreds of miles from the U.S., but the storm is on the move and is expected to re-strengthen into a major tropical storm once again. Forecasters say there is potential for Harvey to become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall this weekend. The Galveston-Houston area is expected to get hit Friday or Saturday…
A fiery rally in Phoenix, Arizona as President Trump reiterated his many campaign promises, including the border wall. The President threatened to shut down the federal government if he cannot get a compromise on funding. Democrats were accused of putting American security at risk for not supporting the proposal. The President also took some shots at the media and again…
