The Latest Breaking News from Hurricane

Modern buildings tend to take electricity and air conditioning for granted. They often have glass facades and windows that can’t be opened. And when the power goes out for days in the middle of a heat wave, as the Houston area experienced in July 2024 after Hurricane Beryl, these buildings…

City-wide initiative gives restaurants free solar panels to ‘support the community’ during storms and power outages

During the power outage following the storm, a shocking lack of support in vulnerable communities reflected a larger breakdown in coordination between the state, CenterPoint Energy, and local governments.

Windell Curole’s levee protected his district from disappearing into the ocean – despite federal resistance. Without it, he says, ‘we wouldn’t have a community’