We’re making natural disasters unnaturally harmful, scientists say. And the number of ways we’re doing it is fairly astonishing.
As a family struggled to get help during Hurricane Harvey, gaps in the rescue system began to show.
Houston’s emergency response systems, crippled by Hurricane Harvey, failed to reach people who needed help the most.
The storm won’t be alone: Tropical cyclones have grown more sluggish since the mid-20th century. Here’s why that’s a bad thing.
A legal advocate discusses the obstacles posed by FEMA.
A year after the storm wrecked parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast, one family has managed to repair their home. But nothing is easy. And nothing is the same.
Texas has made progress recuperating from Hurricane Harvey, but low-income and minority residents have had a much harder time.
Houston thought it was prepared for a major hurricane like Harvey. But as the flooding overwhelmed the city’s emergency systems, families like the Daileys found out too late that they were on their own.
Though the city is still suffering from the lasting effects of the storm, tourists are more likely to experience a city in the midst of recovery.
It has been a year since the hurricane devastated our city — and more rain will come soon.