A barge carrying about 1 million gallons of the Naphtha petroleum product caught fire after a collision off the coast of Galveston, Texas, early Monday, according to UPI.
The incident began at about 1:20 a.m. on the Bolivar Peninsula section of the (...)
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A Turkish-owned oil tanker
remained grounded Saturday off the Texas coast in the Gulf
of Mexico, but no fuel had spilled from it, officials said, according to AP.
The U.S. Coast Guard, other federal and state agencies and
a salvage company have (...)
Two more bodies have been found
close to where Hurricane Ike thundered ashore, bringing the
Texas death toll to 35 and the U.S. total to 70, reported ap.
A search-and-rescue team Saturday made the discovery in
debris fields on Goat Island, (...)
More than 1,000 Texas A&M-Galveston students were relocated to the university's main campus at College Station, Texas, because of Hurricane Ike, UPI reported.
Meanwhile, Port Arthur, Texas, police said they believe a woman died Wednesday when she (...)
The eye of hurricane Ike has
powered onto land in Galveston, Texas, and the storm is
punishing the shoreline with 110 mph (177 kph) winds.
The National Hurricane Center says the eye landed at 3:10
a.m. EDT (0710GMT) in the coastal community (...)
The search continued Sunday for the last of six regatta competitors still missing in the Gulf of Mexico after their boat capsized, according to AP.
The Coast Guard earlier Sunday rescued five crewmates who drifted at sea for 26 hours .
Rescuers (...)