But while evacuating, O’Bryant’s vehicle caught fire on Interstate 45 near Huntsville. A passerby ended up paying for a hotel room for his family. “It was crazy,” said O’Bryant, 24, a laborer. “We ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a ...

Beyoncé's mother's Galveston beach house sustained significant damage during Hurricane Ike in 2008. The city deemed the property a public safety hazard, leading to a years-long legal battle. The house ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Hurricane Ike slammed into the Galveston area on Sept. 13, 2008, and up until that time, was the costliest hurricane to ever strike Texas. Property losses totaled $37 billion. Winds ...

GALVESTON — They have no lights or air conditioning, nor do they have diesel for their pickup, but Patrick Sanders says life is pretty good for him, his wife and their six children. They've lived in ...

GALVESTON - Vacant buildings that invite vandalism, vagrancy and crime have plagued island neighborhoods for years, but since Hurricane Ike, those problems have multiplied. Also Online The Urban Land ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Lauri and Scott Mathias were preparing to break ground on their retirement home just blocks away from the beach when they heard the news: The government had proposed building a ...

The long-envisioned Ike Dike project entails constructing a multifaceted coastal barrier system off the coast of Galveston that would help protect the Houston region and its petrochemical industry ...

The Coastal Texas Project, commonly known as the “Ike Dike,” has been in the works since Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston in 2008. Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law that will create a ...

Drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the strengthening storm was expected to blow ashore early Saturday somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston, with some forecasts saying ...

Galveston homeowners say they used to have a paved road that ran in front of their beachhouse. However, that road hasn't been there since Hurricane Beryl. The homeowners accused the city of dragging ...