Showing posts with label Hurricane Harvey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hurricane Harvey. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Houston after Hurricane Harvey - Fault Lines


The US' hurricane season was one of the most active in history, destroying lives and leaving victims homeless.

In August 2017, one trillion gallons of water fell on the Houston area over a four-day period - by far the most rainfall in US history. More than 70 people died, and thousands of people lost their homes.

Hurricane Harvey hit everyone in the area. But now that the water has receded, will there be an equal recovery?

A month after Harvey hit - after the media moved on to new stories - Fault Lines travelled to Houston, Texas - which is one of the most diverse but segregated cities in the US - to see if the storm will deepen the city's social and economic divide.


Saturday, September 02, 2017

Hurricane Harvey: Flooding to Continue in Houston


The Trump Administration is asking Congress for nearly $8bn as an initial down payment for victims of Tropical Storm Harvey.

The White House says it will request additional funding later this month. Meanwhile, more Houston residents were allowed to return to their homes on Friday, to begin the emotional and difficult task of trying to assess Harvey's damage.

Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Port Arthur.


Friday, September 01, 2017

Monday, August 28, 2017

Tropical Storm Harvey: 'There's Water Up to Your Shoulder'


The storm has hurled record rainfall at Houston, forcing thousands to flee their homes and testing flood-control systems to their limits. Parts of the city area saw more than 22in (55cm) of rain in a 24-hour period to Sunday evening; too much for the bayous to handle, too much for roads to remain passable and threatening to overwhelm emergency teams


Guardian LIVE

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Hits Coastal Texas


Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Corpus Christi, Tex., on Friday evening as a Category 4 storm. By Saturday afternoon, it had been downgraded to tropical storm. At least one person died.


Related NYT article here