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From the evening of May 16, 2024, to midday May 17, 2024, a derecho struck the Gulf Coast of the United States from Southeast Texas to Florida, causing widespread damage, particularly in the city of Houston and surrounding metropolitan area. [7]
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The Bastrop County Complex fire was a conflagration that engulfed parts of Bastrop County, Texas, in September and October 2011.The wildfire was the costliest and most destructive wildfire in Texas history and among the costliest in U.S. history, destroying 1,696 structures and causing an estimated $350 million in insured property damage.
Thousands of lawsuits related to wrongful death, personal injury and property damage have been filed against a variety of defendants, including ERCOT, energy transmission companies and electricity providers. [144] The lawsuits have been consolidated in Texas multidistrict litigation. [144]
A massive, oversized load broke loose from a trailer and killed two people on a Texas highway, officials say. Shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday, April 27, firefighters in Temple responded to a ...
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
The Insurance Council of Texas assessed that insured losses inflicted by the storm amounted to $1.1 billion. [7] Hail sizes associated with the storm ranged between 1.75–4.5 in (4.5–11.5 cm), [ 2 ] and at one point the hail covered a region over 3 mi (5 km) wide. [ 5 ]
LUFKIN — A Texas landowner may seek compensation from the state for damages to his property east of Houston, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday.. Richie DeVillier, a landowner in ...