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

Spatially, Ike was a massive storm. As the system neared landfall, Ike’s tropical storm force winds extended an incredible 275 miles away from its eye, and hurricane force winds extended upward ...

The devastating flash floods that ripped through Central Texas Friday night have now claimed 119 lives-making the disaster ...

July 8, 2025, marked one year since Hurricane Beryl, which many recall as the worst wind event the region has seen from a tropical system since Hurricane Ike. The city of Houston experienced hurricane ...

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the U.S. over the past few decades, according to the ...

Hurricane Ike, as big as Texas and as nasty as anything the state has seen in decades, slams ashore. Residents along the gulf besiege the Coast Guard for rescue, and those in Galveston who decided ...

Ike of course weakened as it moved inland but still left a trail of destruction and death. Wind speeds at landfall were 95-105 mph but hurricane force wind gusts went all the way through the Ohio ...

According to local authorities, at least 109 people died on July 4 and 5, most of which were swept up in floodwaters from ...

Hurricane Ike roared across Galveston at 2:10 a.m. eight years ago this morning and with it came unparalleled destruction and a clean up that lasted for months. Its fury didn't discriminate and by ...

Hurricane Ike took aim at the Gulf Coast seven years ago. It made landfall on the eastern end of Galveston Island at 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, with sustained winds of 110 mph, according to ...

The remnants of Hurricane Ike brought wind gusts up to 70 mph across Indiana on Sunday, September 14, 2008, 14 years ago. Winds were sustained at 25-40 mph with gusts ranging from 50-70 mph across ...

Hurricane Ike roared across Galveston at 2:10 a.m. eight years ago this morning and with it came unparalleled destruction and a clean up that lasted for months. Its fury didn't discriminate and by ...