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"People Are Wiped Out": Costs Pile Up as Hurricane Season Begins texasobserver.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from texasobserver.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Coastal News Today | TX - A $26-Billion Plan Save the Houston Area From Rising Seas coastalnewstoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from coastalnewstoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Texas Legislature passed a bill last week that would help pay for construction of the “Ike Dike” that would protect portions of the upper Texas coast – especially the Houston-Galveston area – from a major hurricane. While it still awaits the signature of Gov. Greg Abbott, passage of the bill would be a huge plus for Texas, according to Texas A&M University at Galveston professor William Merrell, who originated the Ike Dike concept. Merrell, who holds the George P. Mitchell Chair in Marine Sciences at Texas A&M-Galveston and is a former president of the school, has been a relentless proponent of the Ike Dike since the hurricane devastated much of the Galveston area in 2008. Although Ike was a Category 2 storm, it produced Category 4 storm surge that crippled the island for months, killed at least 50 people and caused $30 billion in damages. ....
Environmental News Network - Texas A&M Prof: Passage of 'Ike Dike' Bill A Great Start enn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
All the commotion over Texas Republicans’ failed attempt to push through new voting restrictions in the dying days of the 2021 state legislative session was all most Austin-watchers could talk about through Memorial Day weekend. But the high-profile scuttling of Senate Bill 7 at the hands of Texas Democrats who. ....