HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Many residents who are new to southeast Texas tell Eyewitness News they're nervous about Hurricane Laura's impact while long-time residents fear a repeat of previous disasters ...

JOHNSON’S BAYOU, La. (WRBL) — Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Rita made landfall in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana as a Category 3 storm. Rita is the strongest storm ever recorded in the ...

Hurricane Rita weakened slightly this morning with top winds now at 135 mph, but it still projected to make landfall as a Category 3 or Category 4 storm early Saturday, bringing high winds, driving ...

Twenty years ago tonight, Hurricane Rita struck Southeast Texas with devastating force, but for many residents, memories center on the chaotic mass evacuation that preceded the storm's arrival. Rita ...

September is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. This is because wind shear, the change of speed and/or direction of the wind with height, is weaker, and the ocean waters are extremely warm.

Gov. Rick Perry today asked President Bush to designate the two consecutive hurricanes as one natural disaster for administrative and funding. He said such a designation would allow Texas to be ...