Drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the strengthening storm was expected to blow ashore early Saturday somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston, with some forecasts saying ...

Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) today is making preparations to send electric crews to Beaumont, Texas to help restore power to residents affected by Hurricane Ike. Sept. 13, 2008 Public ...

McALLEN, Texas—With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried ...

Ike's eye was forecast to strike somewhere near Galveston late Friday or early Saturday then head inland for Houston, but the sprawling weather system nearly as big as Texas was already buffeting the ...

HOUSTON -- Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened to ...

A tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf now has no chance of developing into a tropical depression but is still expected to send waves of tropical downpours along the Texas coast into Saturday ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Hurricanes are some of the most powerful storms on Earth. Although they occur naturally, climate change is exacerbating the strength of these tropical systems, adding “fuel” to the ...