hurricanes

Some experts believe storms are forming later in the season as the Earth continues to get hotter.

The contagion model can be used to forecast the spread and recession of floodwaters across road networks.

Professor William Merrell says the plan proposed after Hurricane Ike in 2008 is still needed, and the Texas coast could again face catastrophic damage.

Texas A&M-Galveston students and faculty traveled to The Netherlands to see how a proposed ‘Ike Dike’ would work in Texas.

Category 5 storms don’t often occur in the Atlantic, but there has been a worldwide growth in the small number that do reach extreme intensities.

The Texas Automated Buoy System is one of the oldest and most successful state funded, ocean-observing systems in the country.

Texans can begin to prepare for a hurricane by following the advice provided in disaster and emergency preparedness publications available through the Texas Extension Disaster Education Network website.

The money will help students whose lives were upended by Hurricane Harvey and who slipped through the existing safety net at campuses in College Station, Galveston, Kingsville, Prairie View and Corpus Christi.