Where Hurricane Harvey Made Landfall, Tough Texans Begin to Clear the Wreckage

By MANNY FERNANDEZ August 27, 2017 ROCKPORT, Tex. — In the days since Hurricane Harvey slammed into his hometown, Colin McBurney has become his own first-responder – a 16-year-old in a backward baseball cap with bare feet, a pistol and a truck....

Major refineries shutting down, Gulf oil production affected in wake of Harvey

Some oil refineries are shutting down in the wake of rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Shell has shut down its massive Deer Park refinery in southeastern Houston, among the largest in the United States with a crude oil capacity of 340,000 barrrels per day....

A Reporter’s Tale in Houston: When a Story Becomes Your Own Disaster

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS August 27, 2017 BELLAIRE, Tex, — I have covered as many as five wars on two continents, but nothing prepared me for when the big story collided with me and my family. As I write this, the home that I saved my entire career to buy is...