TxDOT has implemented improvements to its evacuation strategy since Hurricane Rita hit Southeast Texas 20 years ago.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one ...

From hurricanes and floods to explosions and tornadoes, Texas has faced some of the nation’s most catastrophic events.

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One year after Beryl, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith looks at how Houston handled the flooding rains from the hurricane.

One year after Hurricane Beryl, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith looks back at what we learned from the storm and its wind damage.

As the tropical season ramps up, storms are beginning to make themselves more notable along the Florida and the Southeast coast. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a low-pressure system ...

KERRVILLE, Texas—Two decades ago, Hurricane Rita destroyed Keith and Karel Halbert’s house in Silsbee, Texas. They moved about 300 miles west to Texas Hill country, thinking it was safer ...

Rita Ora wants to "celebrate [her] sexuality" through her new music. The 34-year-old pop star released her latest single, Heat, last month, and Rita admits that it's a taste of things to come.

Hurricane center tracking tropical disturbance off coast of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama When is Atlantic hurricane season? June 1 to Nov. 30, 2025, with the most tropical storm ...