The sea wall protects only about a third of ... Later that year, Hurricane Ike battered the Galveston coast and damaged the ...

After years of back and forth, a storm-damaged house that was formerly owned by Beyonce's mom, Tina Knowles, and Sand Crab Holdings is being demolished.

The Galveston Island Historic Pleasure ... It was originally built in the 1940s, but in 1961 Hurricane Carla completely destroyed it; later in 2008, Hurricane Ike severely damaged it too, and ...

Hurricane Harvey and other storms have shown ... For now, two massive reservoirs west of downtown Houston hold back rainfall. A seawall in Galveston buffers storm surge from the Gulf.