Weekend rains leave behind flooding for rain-soaked residents
"The water comes up because of somebody else's problem, now it's my problem," said Joe Kirchens. "It shouldn't be that way."
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Texas ‘hero’ eyes Harvey’s devastation, awaits new hurricane season
Zachary Dearing, who became a local hero for being an impromptu leader of an evacuation center during Hurricane Harvey last year, speaks dur ROCKPORT, Texas - Destroyed houses still dot Zachary Dearing's neighborhood in the Texas coastal city of Rockport, a reminder of last year's devastation from Hurricane Harvey and a warning about what could lie ahead for such communities in the new hurricane season. Dearing, a 30-year-old harbor worker and aspiring screenwriter, was trapped in a local storm shelter during Harvey last August and was later hailed as a hero for leading care for about 120 people.
We laughed. We cried. This is what we read most in 2017.
Go figure: The storyline of Donald Trump's first year in office was eclipsed by those of a kiss cam, a diet trend, a dead elk and well, an actual eclipse. In fact, lunar events and Trump's whirlwind presidency both cracked our list of top-read stories twice, the only topics to take multiple spots.
Hellish summer of hurricanes smashes FEMA
I've heard those three words repeated in the mountains of Puerto Rico, amid the wreckage of Big Pine Key and from the mayor who thinks his Texas town may die. I've heard them spat in anger and mumbled in resignation and from California, you can hear them choked through smoke and fear in real time as 2017 explodes the ranks of America's fastest growing demographic: Disaster survivor.
Nelda Martinez interviewed after conceding to Joe McComb
Rescue teams with the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for a missing boater in Copano Bay near Rockport. The incident started around 3:30 Saturday afternoon after rescue crews say his boat was found adrift with the engine running and fishing gear on board.