*Woman killed in flooding in Houston. ROCKPORT, Texas, Aug 27- A second person was killed on Saturday as Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years, roared inland, knocking out power to more than 200,000 people and threatening catastrophic flooding. Authorities have urged residents to stay off the streets of Houston and other southeast Texas...
Harvey weakens to tropical storm, threatens widespread floods. ROCKPORT, Texas, Aug 26- A second person was killed on Saturday as Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years, roared inland, knocking out power to more than 230,000 people and threatening catastrophic flooding. Harvey slammed into Texas late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane with...
HOUSTON POLICE SAY WOMAN DIED IN FLOODING, SECOND FATALITY FROM STORM HARVEY IN TEXAS.
*Harvey weakens to tropical storm, threatens widespread floods. Harvey slammed into Texas, the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry, late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour, making it the strongest storm to strike the state since 1961.. Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm, but is expected to lash Texas for days as it lumbers...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- Houston could receive as much as two to three inches of rain per hour in the upcoming hours due to Tropical Storm Harvey, Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Saturday. "We got a break for several hours during the day several rainbands will be coming through tonight. Please be alert, "Turner said on his Tweeter account.
Harvey slammed into Texas, the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry, late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour, making it the strongest storm to strike the state since 1961.. Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm, but is expected to lash Texas for days as it lumbers inland, bringing as much as 40 inches of rain and affecting heavily...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- The Port of Texas City said on Saturday it expects to reopen within 24 to 48 hours after completing an assessment for damages after Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. The port was closed on Friday for maritime operations. Vessels are still not allowed to move in and out of the navigation channel while flood gates are in...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- The Port of Texas City said on Saturday it expects to reopen within 24 to 48 hours after completing an assessment for damages after Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. The port was closed on Friday for maritime operations. Vessels are still not allowed to move in and out of the navigation channel while flood gates are in...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- The Port of Texas City said on Saturday it expects to reopen within 24 to 48 hours after completing an assessment for damages after Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. The port was closed on Friday for maritime operations. Vessels are still not allowed to move in and out of the navigation channel while flood gates are in...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- The Port of Texas City said on Saturday it expects to reopen within 24 to 48 hours after completing an assessment for damages after Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. The port was closed on Friday for maritime operations. Vessels are still not allowed to move in and out of the navigation channel while flood gates are in...
NEW YORK, Aug 26- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday lifted some additional gasoline and diesel fuel requirements for Texas to address potential shortages resulting from Tropical Storm Harvey.
HOUSTON, Aug 26- Galveston, the Texas coastal city long exposed to the worst storms off the Gulf of Mexico, has been able to avoid major flooding from Hurricane Harvey with its seawall and protective levee systems, engineers and local officials said on Saturday. The 10- mile long, 17- foot high Galveston seawall also was not breached. At least 10 inches of rain have...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- Galveston, the Texas coastal city long exposed to the worst storms off the Gulf of Mexico, has been able to avoid major flooding from Hurricane Harvey with its seawall and protective levee systems, engineers and local officials said on Saturday. The 10- mile long, 17- foot high Galveston seawall also was not breached. At least 10 inches of rain have...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- Galveston, the Texas coastal city long exposed to the worst storms off the Gulf of Mexico, has been able to avoid major flooding from Hurricane Harvey with its seawall and protective levee systems, engineers and local officials said on Saturday. The 10- mile long, 17- foot high Galveston seawall also was not breached. At least 10 inches of rain have...
HOUSTON, Aug 26- Galveston, the Texas coastal city long exposed to the worst storms off the Gulf of Mexico, has been able to avoid major flooding from Hurricane Harvey with its seawall and protective levee systems, engineers and local officials said on Saturday. The 10- mile long, 17- foot high Galveston seawall also was not breached. At least 10 inches of rain have...
*Harvey weakens to tropical storm, threatens widespread floods. Harvey slammed into Texas, the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry, late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour, making it the strongest storm to strike the state since 1961.. It has since weakened to a tropical storm, but is expected to lash Texas for days as it lumbers inland,...
EPA ISSUES SECOND FUEL WAIVER AS TROPICAL STORM HARVEY THREATENS TO CAUSE SHORTAGES.
NEW YORK, Aug 26- Exxon Mobil Corp said on Saturday it has cut rates at its 560,000 barrel-per-day Baytown, Texas, refinery due to the shutdown of the Houston Ship Channel amid Tropical Storm Harvey. "We continue to work with the Port of Houston to facilitate safe delivery of crude shipments when channel conditions allow," the company said in a statement.
EXXON MOBIL SAYS HAS CUT RATES AT BAYTOWN REFINERY DUE TO SHUTDOWN OF THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL.
Gulf of Mexico waiting to dock at Galveston port. "We talk daily with the cruise ship operators as well as the city of Galveston and the Galveston Port Authority in order to try to identify opportunities to be able to get these cruise ships in," said Kevin Oditt, commander of the Coast Guard sector Houston- Galveston. The Coast Guard unit in Corpus Christi, Texas...
