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Major US railroad merger could bring more tar sands to south-east Texas

$27bn deal would create first direct route from Canadian mines to Gulf coast, while another would ship controversial oil from Utah

The Guardian - US

Severe weather threat moves east after tornadoes hit Texas

A winter storm that brought severe weather to the Gulf Coast is heading east a day after tornadoes caused widespread damage and injured three people

The Independent UK

Severe storm system that hit Houston brings tornado threats to more Gulf Coast communities

At least one tornado emergency was issued Tuesday.

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Storm brings tornado damage to Gulf Coast region of Texas

About 123,000 people were left without power in the aftermath of a large storm in the southern United States on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Tornado emergency issued near Houston, damage reported

A powerful storm system took aim at the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, spawning a tornado that caused damage east of Houston

The Independent UK

Dead endangered whale washes up on Mississippi Gulf Coast

Scientists are examining the corpse of an endangered whale that washed up on a Mississippi Gulf Coast beach

The Independent UK

Wild winter weather brings drastic temperature drops within minutes across the U.S.

Just as travel returns to pre-pandemic levels, an arctic front in the Midwest and and record-breaking cold temperatures along the Gulf Coast and in the Eastern U.S. could bring dangerous conditions.

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Mississippi officials: Woman and officer shot each other

Officials now say that a Mississippi police officer shot and killed a woman even as the woman was fatally shooting the officer and his partner in the parking lot of a Gulf Coast motel on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline

An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas has shut down a major pipeline from Canada through the Plains and to the Texas Gulf Coast

The Independent UK

Another Mexican reporter gunned down in deadly year for local media

A part-time Mexican journalist was shot dead in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, home turf for several violent drug gangs, adding to the death toll for the bloodiest year to date for local media workers.

Reuters

Environmental groups sue DOT over Mississippi road project

A group of environmental and racial justice are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation and its secretary, Pete Buttigieg, seeking to halt a Gulf Coast road project that the group says will harm the environment near historic Black neighborhoods in north Gulfport, Mississippi

The Independent UK

Corpus Christi sold its water to Exxon, gambling on desalination. So far, it is losing the bet.

Concerns over ecological damage to Corpus Christi Bay have delayed plans to convert sea water to drinking water for years in this booming Gulf Coast city, where environmentalists see water supply as a “chokehold” to block new fossil fuel infrastructure.

The Texas Tribune

Drought, fire risk to stay high during third La Niña winter

Federal weather officials say drought and wildfire risks will remain elevated in the western states while warmer than average temperatures will greet the Southwest, Gulf Coast and East Coast this winter

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian drowning victim was "the best big brother"

Construction worker Craig Steven Markgraff Jr. was last seen clinging to a tree as rising waters from Hurricane Ian lashed areas dozens of miles inland from Florida’s Gulf Coast

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As search goes on, Floridians await OK to survey Ian's wrath

William Wellema drove all the way from New Jersey to Florida's Gulf Coast to see if his vacation home on Fort Myers Beach survived Hurricane Ian

The Independent UK

After Ian, Florida island residents return to assess damage

Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast barrier islands are returning to assess the damage from Hurricane Ian, despite limited access to some areas

Tribune News Service

Will Hurricane Ian cut Florida’s Gulf Coast real estate boom short?

Hurricanes have always posed an inevitable threat to Florida. But the risk hasn’t detered the droves of people who have flocked to the state since the start of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Biden says Hurricane Ian ‘ends discussion’ over climate change as DeSantis looks on

The president traveled to Florida’s Gulf Coast where some communities were obliterated by the near Category-5 storm

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Reuters

Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina as Florida counts cost of destruction

Hurricane Ian slammed into South Carolina on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across Florida that washed away houses, stranded thousands and left an unknown number of people dead.

The Independent UK

At a Florida trailer park, survivors speak of Ian's wrath

Ian’s fierce winds howled through a Gulf coast trailer park with such force that residents felt they would be lifted off the ground, even blown away

Miami Herald

Ian’s path of ruin: Sanibel bridge severed, Gulf Coast cities flooded. Rescues continue

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, roughly 2 million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as the Gulf Coast began to assess leveled homes, flooded buildings and streets, and damaged or destroyed road and bridges.

Miami Herald

Causeway to Sanibel Island severed as Florida wakes up to Ian’s trail of destruction

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, over a million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as residents and emergency crews along the Gulf Coast began to assess the toppled buildings, flooded streets and crippled infrastructure.

Reuters

Death toll in Florida uncertain as Ian takes aim at Carolinas

Emergency crews tried on Thursday to reach stranded Florida residents as a resurgent Hurricane Ian veered toward the Carolinas after cutting a path of destruction across Florida, leaving behind deadly floodwaters, downed power lines and widespread damage.

Reuters

How hurricane categories forecast the scale of destruction

Hurricane Ian approached Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday as a powerful storm just one rating shy of the highest category designation given to storms in the United States.

Benzinga

With Hurricane Ian About To Slam Florida, Which Insurance, Bank Stocks Are Most Exposed?

Hurricane Ian is just off the Gulf Coast of Florida and approaching landfall near Cape Coral as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour.

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