Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

We're not going anywhere.

Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on!
Donate now
PBS News

Get news alerts from PBS News

Turn on desktop notifications?

hurricane harvey

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live

Sep 15

Watch 4:58
Are insurers prepared to cover damage from Florence?

By PBS News Hour

Even as development continues near the coasts, some national home insurance companies are pulling away from those areas, leaving home and business owners to rely on government-subsidized flood insurance. But the potential damage from Tropical Storm Florence may require additional…

Continue watching

Sep 03

Watch 6:47
This family’s hurricane tragedy highlights 911-system problems

When Hurricane Harvey hit with a fury not seen along the Gulf Coast in more than a decade, flooded roads stranded tens of thousands of people, including Wayne and Casey Dailey and their two sons. Their tragic ordeal is detailed…

Continue watching

Aug 24

How Hurricane Lane’s torrential rain mirrors Hurricane Harvey

By Nsikan Akpan

Hurricane Lane’s rains call to mind the downpour of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas a year ago Saturday. But the hurricanes are likely to have two very different outcomes.

Continue reading

Jul 31

Senate votes to extend flood insurance program by four months

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Senate voted Tuesday to extend for four months the program that provides flood insurance for nearly 5 million homeowners and business owners.

Continue reading

Jun 01

The 2018 hurricane season has begun. Here’s what to expect

By Michael Rios

What we know about the upcoming hurricane season, and how states -- some of which are still recovering from last year's record storms -- are preparing.

Continue reading

Mar 24

7 months after Harvey, flood-control projects’ fate unclear

By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press

Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston's flooding woes went to the top of the area's to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation's fourth-largest city.

Continue reading

Feb 06

Watch 8:20
Can Houston prevent disaster when the next storm comes?

By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson, Gretchen Frazee

Houston, known as the Bayou City, is no stranger to flooding. But the record-breaking rains and devastating deluge of Hurricane Harvey helped expose a disconnect between developers building on flood-vulnerable land and home buyers who might not have realized the…

Continue watching

Feb 05

Watch 9:07
How decades of Houston development add up to rising flood risk

By Hari Sreenivasan, Frank Carlson, Gretchen Frazee

Houston is 627 square miles of urban development, highways, office parks, strip malls and neighborhoods -- and it keeps growing farther and farther out. Five months ago, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Texas coast, dropping more than 50 inches of rain…

Continue watching

Jan 29

Watch 8:36
Thousands of Texans are still in temporary housing awaiting Hurricane Harvey aid

By PBS News Hour

Five months after Hurricane Harvey tore through Houston with record rainfall and 130 mph winds, 33,000 Texans are still displaced and living in temporary federal housing. Meanwhile, 80 percent of hurricane victims did not have flood insurance, and for many,…

Continue watching

Jan 17

5 months after Hurricane Harvey, here are 5 ways to keep helping

By Gretchen Frazee

Thousands are without permanent housing. Many more are repairing their homes. Businesses are shuttered and, in some towns, debris still lines the streets.

Continue reading

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

web ad

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the News Hour
PBS News

© 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • X
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • RSS

Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Support for News Hour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You