For more than a century, the Hotel Galvez has stood watch over the western Gulf of Mexico. The “Queen of the Gulf,” ...

In 1900, a powerful Category 4 hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, with winds reaching 145 mph and a devastating storm surge overwhelming the low-lying island. Buildings and homes were swept away, ...

A century of development, rising seas, and climate change have made South Florida far more vulnerable to a catastrophic storm.

One of history's most audacious engineering feats—raising an entire American city to escape the sea—succeeded so completely ...

City Council approved a nearly $121,317 contract with R. Alden Marshall & Associates to clean and seal the monument’s granite ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: On September 8, 1900, what was only a weak tropical storm a few days ...

It has been 18 years since Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, bringing heavy rain, wind, and historic storm surge to the Texas coast.

The Category 2 hurricane carried a storm surge up to 17 feet across the Bolivar Peninsula, damaged over 24-thousand structures around Galveston County and killed 100 people in the U.S. Two decades ...

Summer in Texas brings memories of warm nights, the start of school, and the return of football. But it also means something else for Texans on the Gulf Coast: hurricane season. As the summertime seas ...

One hundred twenty-six years after America’s deadliest natural disaster, the lessons of the 1900 hurricane still shape how ...

A KHOU 11 Special looks back at he devastation from the hurricane that ravaged Galveston in 1900. At least 6,000 people were killed in the storm.