Month: September 2017

While residents scrambled to flee floods in Texas, Gary Saurage had no choice but to stay behind and care for the 350 alligators and crocodiles that depended on him. “I couldn’t just get on a rescue helicopter and leave, or put them on there with me. I had to stay and fight the fight for…

Mounds of soaking debris lined streets across Houston yesterday as flood victims returned to clear their devastated homes. They face the imminent threat of infectious disease as they begin a recovery expected to take years. The heat has returned to Houston and with it the mosquitoes. Health officials worry about the contaminants to which people…

Two US navy warships were on their way to Texas last night to bolster relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which may prove to be America’s most expensive natural disaster. Estimates of the cost range from $75 billion to $190 billion. Hurricane Katrina, by comparison, cost the country $100 billion in 2005. Joel…