Federal funds to help Katrina tenants
Thousands of tenants in 54 Houston apartment developments will soon benefit from enhanced public safety services funded with part of a $60 million federal allocation to help Houston and Harris County pay for Hurricane Katrina recovery.
Rush to name storms may be costing you money
The number of named storms in a hurricane season helps set insurance rates, and some say the Hurricane Center is too quick to pin a name on a system these days.
KHOU meteorologist Neil Frank to retire in 2008
Neil Frank, KHOU’s (Channel 11) chief meteorologist since 1987 and the former director of the National Hurricane Center, will retire from the station in 2008 and will be succeeded by former KTRK (Channel 13) meteorologist Gene Norman, Channel 11 officials said this afternoon.
Post-Katrina mold follows SUNO to temporary campus
Even after moving to get away from mold-infested buildings left behind after Hurricane Katrina, Southern University at New Orleans hasn’t been able to shake the problem.
Poll results mixed on post-Katrina New Orleans
A new poll suggests mixed feelings among Americans for providing more federal aid to help New Orleans recover from Hurricane Katrina, though more than half of respondents believe too little aid has been provided so far.
Hurricane researcher predicts a busy 2008
Using a simplified forecasting technique, researcher William Gray is predicting an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic next year, with seven hurricanes, three of them major.
Rare storm drenches Dominican Republic
Subtropical Storm Olga brought drenching rain today to the Dominican Republic, forcing the evacuation of low-lying communities ahead of the rare December storm.
New England cleans up from hurricane’s remnants
Power was being restored Monday to several thousand coastal residents from Massachusetts to Maine who lost electricity when the remnants of Hurricane Noel blew through the region over the weekend.
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