Harvey's heavy rains and storm surge caused catastrophic flooding on the barrier island, home to over 53,000 Houston-area residents. But Galveston did not need Harvey's wake-up call to tune into ...

Living in Houston means living with the risk of severe flooding ... proposes a “ring barrier” made up of various components to encircle areas behind the seawall in Galveston and gate systems ...

We call them jersey barriers. They are there to prevent people from driving into the areas," he said. The Galveston Police Department partners with law enforcement agencies both state and ...

As the South Houston and Galveston County regions experience a greater number of severe storms each year, League City ...