At least 22 confirmed dead as Harvey pivots toward Louisiana
Houston residents evacuate their homes amid Harvey flooding after a reservoir spilled over for the first time in history. (Dalton Bennett,Whitney Shefte/The Washington Post) HOUSTON — The biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States finally began to move away from Houston on Tuesday, as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey and its endless, merciless rain bands spun east to menace Louisiana instead. A storm surge warning for the coast from Holly Beach to Morgan City, La., ..>> view originalHouston's 'Wild West' growth
This article has been optimized for offline reading on Washington Post apps. For a richer experience, you can find the full version here. An Internet connection is required. Houston calls itself “the city with no limits” to convey the promise of boundless opportunity. But it also is the largest U.S. city to have no zoning laws, part of a hands-off approach to urban planning that may have contributed to catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey and left thousands of residents in harm’s way. ..>> view originalA university professor suggested Harvey was karma for Texas ...
A Texas flag flies over floodwaters in the city of LaGrange on Aug. 28. (AP) The University of Tampa has fired a visiting professor who appeared to suggest on social media that Hurricane Harvey is karma for Texas for voting Republican. Kenneth L. Storey, a sociology professor, was immediately slammed on social media after he tweeted this Sunday: “I dont believe in instant Karma but this kinda feels like it for Texas. Hopefully this will help them realize the GOP doesnt care about them.” Two ..>> view originalNorth Korea's latest launch suggests it rejects both US threats and ...
A day after North Korea launched a missile over Japan, Tokyo Bureau Chief Anna Fifield answers one of the questions she gets most often about North Korea: "Are we going to war?" (Anna Fifield/The Washington Post) North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan was unprecedented, but President Trump’s response Tuesday was not — a renewal of his warning that “all options are on the table.” His tough talk may only serve to remind that the possibility of military action has not yet det..>> view original'We were never closed': Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch ...
Lakewood Church, a 606,000-square-foot megachurch in Houston where Joel Osteen preaches, is being used as a shelter from the flood. (Thomas Johnson/The Washington Post) HOUSTON — Joel Osteen, Houston’s celebrity televangelist, pushed back against accusations that he closed off his 606,000-square-foot megachurch amid a flooding crisis that has displaced thousands of residents. He tweeted Tuesday that he and his wife Victoria “care deeply about our fellow Houstonians,” adding that “Lakewood..>> view original'He could hear the kids screaming': Six family members swept away ...
In one day, Ric Saldivar lost his parents and four young relatives in the Houston floods. They were traveling to his home on Sunday when their van was swept away. (Alice Li/The Washington Post) HOUSTON — Manuel and Belia Saldivar lived for many decades in a house off one of the bayous that threads through northeast Houston. It wasn’t a big house, and it wasn’t a wealthy neighborhood, and Manuel earned a diesel mechanic’s salary most of his life — but the Saldivars prospered nonetheless. T..>> view originalTransgender ban frozen as Mattis moves forward with new review of ...
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis during a news conference at the George C. Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on June 28. (Reuters/Michaela Rehle) Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced Tuesday that he is freezing the implementation of President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, saying that he will first establish a panel of experts to provide advice and recommendations on how to carry out Trump’s directive. The Pentagon confirmed the move in a statement..>> view originalDOJ is investigating whether Uber broke the law against foreign ...
(Reuters/Brendan McDermid) SAN FRANCISCO — Uber just picked a new chief executive, but the tide of bad news facing the Silicon Valley transportation company isn’t letting up. The company confirmed Tuesday that the Department of Justice is probing whether managers broke U.S. laws prohibiting bribery of officials in foreign countries. Uber is cooperating with the investigation, a spokesman Matt Kallman said. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. The DOJ didn’t immediately re..>> view originalExxonMobil refineries are damaged in Hurricane Harvey, releasing ...
The ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Tex., in 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters) ExxonMobil acknowledged Tuesday that Hurricane Harvey damaged two of its refineries, causing the release of hazardous pollutants. The acknowledgment, in a regulatory filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, follows repeated complaints on Twitter of an “unbearable” chemical smell over parts of Houston. However, it was not immediately clear what caused the smell. ExxonMobil said in the filings that..>> view originalThe health dangers from Hurricane Harvey's floods
The water kept rising on Houston freeways on Sunday as the city was besieged by Hurricane Harvey and the resulting floods. (Thomas B. Shea/AFP/Getty Images) This article has been updated. The flooding from Hurricane Harvey, which has wreaked havoc in Texas, is both catastrophic and historic. The reported death toll rose to at least 16 Tuesday, and officials were projecting that as many as 30,000 people will ultimately be evacuated from flooded homes in Houston and other cities and towns in t..>> view original
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
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