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Two nuclear power plants in the state of Florida lie in the expected path of Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history. Officials at the Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) had been unsure whether to shut down the plants, located in Turkey Point and St. Lucie Florida;  since it takes time to shut down … Read More

Never before have winds this powerful ever been recorded for a storm in the Atlantic Ocean. From where the American eclipse ended in the main development region for tropical cyclones in late August, has come Hurricane Irma. A super-storm that is the strongest ever Atlantic storm, now known as the most powerful Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. Maximum sustained winds are 185 … Read More

Hurricane Irma has expanded into a 180 mph “superstorm” and is about to hit the U.S. at Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Irma was a “catastrophic category 5 hurricane”, already the strongest in its records outside the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. Fears of devastation and potentially vast loss of life … Read More

Our area suffers from a historic devastating storm. Tens of thousands badly need help. As a charity ministry we know how critical donations are. Join us giving to others helping those who have lost their homes and what they have. In the past days watching this awful crisis unfold, I saw how the Houston Mayor often turned to the American … Read More

Since Hurricane Harvey has left the Houston Area, search and rescue teams are increasingly finding those who lost their lives in the disaster. The death toll has begun significantly rising with crews having found the bodies of 23 victims of Harvey’s devastation thus far. But warnings are that the number of dead would almost certainly soar as water levels across … Read More

The National Weather Service announced that data indicates the all-time record for total rainfall from a tropical system in the continental U.S. was broken. The rare mega-storm called Hurricane Harvey was measured at 51.88 inches at a weather station in Cedar Bayou, Texas — about 30 miles from downtown Houston. The above preliminary data is .12 inches shy of the … Read More

The sun made an appearance in Houston today after days of devastating rain and flooding from Hurricane Harvey caused record flooding in the area. Houston Mayor Turner made comments on the sunlight in a press conference about how the Good Lord knew that all of us needed to see it. The sunshine was also a major news item on the … Read More

The on-going devastation of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in the Houston area continues to drive residents out of their homes and communities into shelters. Evacuations are continuing across the area of the Houston region as fears are realized from overflowing water levels of the bayous and rivers reaching never before seen record levels. As flooding continued to ravage the … Read More

Houston Mayor Turner announced he is imposing a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew in order to ensure public safety. Also in order to protect people’s properties that have been evacuated so to prevent looting. There have been scattered reports of looting during the flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey. The mayor also said at an evening news conference that there is … Read More

Critical new evacuations are being ordered across the area of the Houston region over fears of the certain expectations that water levels in the bayous and rivers will reach new unseen record levels threatening to overtop local levees and dams inundating even more homes and businesses. In a press conference, FEMA Administrator William “Brock” Long said more than 30,000 people will … Read More