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Galveston's 15-year high-rise condo drought coming to an end
Construction is set to begin this summer on Galveston’s first high-rise condominium project since Hurricane Ike wrecked the ... told the Galveston County Daily News. “It’s just a matter ...
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Recalling those days in September 2008
Today marks 16 years since Hurricane Ike came ashore in Galveston. Below is an excerpt of an account The Daily News published ...
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Fifteen years after BP oil spill, Galveston scientists are striving to save Gulf's deep-sea coral
In the early morning, at a lab not too far from the Galveston coast, Shannon Ainsworth is collecting hundreds of tiny, ...
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Galveston’s Texas-Size Plan to Stop the Next Big Storm
Galveston has had a seawall since the early 1900s, but the massive waves of Hurricane Ike poured ... those 15 gates will be ...
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Hope for costly Ike Dike funding restored with adoption of $56 billion statewide flood plan
The Coastal Texas project, commonly known as the Ike Dike, has been in the works since Hurricane Ike ... Public Media in 2023 from the Galveston County Daily News, where she was an education ...
Galveston sea levels rising faster than almost anywhere else, study finds
The Post’s data jibes with a NASA study last year that found sea levels on the island could rise as much as 18 inches by 2040 ...
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1900 Galveston Hurricane: The nation's deadliest natural disaster took thousands of lives
Since that first segment was successful in protecting the city, more were built. Today, the seawall is over 10 miles long. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS ... Ike, a Category 2 hurricane, hit ...
How often does Texas get hit by multiple hurricanes in a year? Check our data
The Galveston Daily News described ... in excess of 15 feet in parts of Chambers County. The worst coastal property damage ...
Texas once was hit with four hurricanes in one season. Here’s what we know about those storms.
The Galveston Daily News described ... in excess of 15 feet in parts of Chambers County. The worst coastal property damage ...
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Harris County turns to taxpayers for flood prevention help, not for projects, but maintenance
After Harris County voters approved ... like over the next year or so." THE STATE IS LOOKING TO COMBAT FLOODING TOO WITH A ...
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Power restored to more than 100K CenterPoint customers Friday
Residents who live in 15 counties among the hardest hit by the storm, including Harris, Brazoria, Galveston ... since Ike that I can remember so many trees blown down,” said Linda Park, a 68 ...