Month: October 2019

President Donald Trump in Dallas for a campaign rally on Thursday jeered Texas leaders in the crowd for their efforts to boost federal aid in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, two Texas Republicans, sat nearby as Trump pointed to each of them. “They keep calling me for money,” he said. “It wasn’t even fair.” Trump continued, telling the crowd: “You made a fortune…

Updated 4:03 pm CDT, Thursday, October 17, 2019 MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local): 5 p.m. Forecasters say a disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is expected to soon become a tropical or subtropical storm that will take aim at the northern U.S. Gulf Coast in coming days. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm system was located Thursday afternoon about 570 miles (920) kilometers southwest of the mouth…

The government allocated over $5 billion to help homeowners and landowners. Now, four renters are suing for access to that money after the storm damaged their homes, too. Share this story with a friend: By Michael MarksOctober 17, 2019 2:30 pmEnergy & Environment, Government & Politics, Hurricane Harvey

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Our guest, journalist Gilbert Gaul, says Americans have chosen to build $3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth – the barrier islands and coastal flood plains of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast. In an era of rising seas and increasingly destructive hurricanes, Gaul says an array of government subsidies encourage homeowners and developers to keep building on vulnerable shorelines,…

HOUSTON — The tropical disturbance we’ve been tracking has moved over the open waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico.  The National Hurricane Center is now identifying the disturbance as Potential Tropical Cyclone 16. Tropical Storm Warnings are now up for the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 has been designated in the southwest Gulf KHOU 11 Computer models continue to suggest that an area of low pressure will form southeast of Brownsville…

HOUSTON — The tropical disturbance we’ve been tracking has moved over the open waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico.  The National Hurricane Center is now identifying the disturbance as Potential Tropical Cyclone 16. Tropical Storm Warnings are now up for the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 has been designated in the southwest Gulf KHOU 11 Computer models continue to suggest that an area of low pressure will form southeast of Brownsville…

Updated 7:49 am CDT, Thursday, October 17, 2019 MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says thunderstorms and showers off the coast of Mexico are likely to develop into a storm that will threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast by this weekend. Forecasters say there’s an 80% chance that the area of low pressure located in the Bay of Campeche will develop into a tropical or subtropical storm as early as Thursday night. It’s expected to move…