Month: September 2018

WILMINGTON, N.C. – It is decision time for more than one million people under mandatory evacuation orders along the coasts of North and South Carolina and Virginia and residents are all asking the same question: Do I stay or do I go? Alice Melott has faced this decision before. Exactly 10 years ago, in the face of Hurricane Ike, she decided to evacuate Galveston. And then Melott lost everything. “What I went through the first…

WILMINGTON, N.C. – It is decision time for more than one million people under mandatory evacuation orders along the coasts of North and South Carolina and Virginia and residents are all asking the same question: Do I stay or do I go? Alice Melot has faced this decision before. Exactly 10 years ago, in the face of Hurricane Ike, she decided to evacuate Galveston. And then Melot lost everything. “What I went through the first…

TEXAS CITY, Texas (FOX 26) – The American Red Cross, in partnership with the Texas City Office of Emergency Management, has opened an emergency shelter in Texas City for residents affected by flooding on Tuesday.  “A shelter has been opened to provide a safe place for anyone whose home has been impacted by today’s flooding,” said Henry Van de Putte, Regional Chief Executive for the American Red Cross, Texas Gulf Coast. “We are monitoring the…

DICKINSON, Texas (FOX 26) – Dickinson residents are on high alert as authorities continue to monitor a developing tropical depression headed toward the Gulf of Mexico. Hymie Sukiennik said any heavy rain event brings bad flashbacks and anxiety for him and other Dickinson residents. More than a foot of water seeped into his home during Harvey and Monday night’s downpours left his street flooded for much of the day on Tuesday. “We worry every time we…

“I know baby, you made it,” Vicky Heath said to her cat “Dot” who was crying loudly in a carrying crate. “They saved our animals. We can’t save our houses, but we saved our animals.” Sadly, Heath has become accustomed to the routine. Her home on Edwards in Texas City has flooded 20 times in 40 years. Hers was just one of more than a dozen homes that took in water last night. Many of them…

Heavy rain is causing some flooding problems in the Houston area. More than a dozen homes in Texas City took in water on Monday night. Dickinson residents dealt with street flooding on Tuesday. The city is looking at ways to improve how the area handles flooding. 150 Texan volunteers with America’s Cajun Navy are heading to the Carolinas and Virginia on Wednesday. They will be on the ground to help with rescue and relief efforts once…

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – More than 100 volunteers from Texas are headed to the Carolinas and Virginia to help with the rescue and relief effort once Hurricane Florence makes landfall. One-hundred fifty Texans with America’s Cajun Navy are planning to hit the road for the East Cost on Wednesday. The volunteer group’s Texas captain, Taylor Fontenot, was busy loading up his boat and supplies on Tuesday as he prepares to meet the rest of the group…

People drive over a drawbridge in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., as they evacuate the area in advance of Hurricane Florence, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic hurricane Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds up to 140 mph (220 kph) and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week. Updated on September 11, 2018, at 5:07 p.m. ET…

DICKINSON, TX – The recent heavy rainfall has posed a flooding threat to some Dickinson homeowners. Early Tuesday morning, water rose around Hughes Rd Elementary School. Moderate street flooding caused delays for parents dropping children off, but no vehicles stalled. Water began to crept up the driveways of nearby homes but no homes took on water on Tuesday morning.  Texas coast residents are now bracing for the possibiity of 5-6 inches of rain on its way from the…