#hurricaneberyl — Public Fediverse posts
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A friend alerted me that the City of Houston has financial assistance information and applications available online now for folks whose homes and properties sustained derecho damage May 16-17, 2024 and Hurricane Beryl damage July 5-9, 2024 at https://houstontx.gov/hcdrecovery/dr24 Please feel free to share! #Houston #HarrisCounty #TX #Texas #HTX #HurricaneBeryl #MayDerecho #Derecho
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Was that #ClimateChange ? Scientists ponder a deadly July 4 weekend
by Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY Jul 8, 2026
"Early July brought historic #ExtremeWeather for the fourth year in a row, and scientists again see the 'fingerprints' of climate change in a deadly Fourth of July.
"In 2023, it was a record-smashing #HeatWave. In 2024, history-making #HurricaneBeryl ripped through the Caribbean. In 2025, a shockingly deadly #flood. And in 2026? Another deadly #heatwave.
"Days later, the heat warnings have finally faded for much of the eastern United States, but the grim number of heat-related deaths continues to rise.
"At least 44 deaths have been reported as a result of the July 1 to July 4 heat wave, but it will be weeks or months before researchers finalize an estimate of the number of people who died or suffered injuries as a result of the extreme heat.
"More than 1,300 heat records were matched or broken for maximum high temperatures and warm overnight lows across 40 states and territories over the four days.
"Though summer heat isn't new, the heat wave of July 2026 is something different.
"From June 29 to July 5, 201 million Americans experienced at least one day when climate change made high temperatures at least three times more likely, #ShelWinkley, chief meteorologist at #ClimateCentral, told USA TODAY. Temperatures on July 3 had 'a very strong fingerprint of climate change,' he said, affecting 136 million Americans."
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https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/nation-world/was-that-climate-change-scientists-ponder-a-deadly-july-4-weekend/article_243e3bf0-f818-5d17-9a71-a903a0456a34.html#ClimateCrisis #USWx #RecordBreakingHeat #HeatDome #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #ClimateDiary
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Houston residents with homes damaged by Hurricane Beryl or the derecho wind event last year could receive financial assistance in the coming months. The need is greater than the available funding — a problem the city has faced in the past.
#CityOfHouston #Housing #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #DisasterRecovery #HoustonDerecho #HoustonHousing #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneHarvey #TexasGeneralLandOffice #TexasHousers
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More than a year after Hurricane Beryl left more than 2.2 million Houston-area homes and businesses without power, Harris County residents still have an overwhelmingly negative opinion of CenterPoint Energy, according to a new survey.
#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Weather #CenterPointEnergy #HobbySchoolOfPublicAffairs #HurricaneBeryl #UniversityOfHouston #UniversityOfHoustonHobbySchool
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As Central Texas and much of the state grapples with catastrophic flooding, Houston marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Beryl.
#ClimateChange #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Hurricane #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #Weather #Centerpoint #CentralTexasFloods #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneBerylAnniversary #KinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #StormPreparedness
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire, after considering feedback from a series of public engagement meetings, said he is now seeking to steer $50 million in federal disaster relief aid toward housing.
#CityOfHouston #Housing #HoustonMayor #Hurricane #News #Politics #Weather #DerechoDamage #HomeRepairs #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HurricaneBeryl #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment
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Utility company CenterPoint Energy has reached a settlement agreement with several Houston-area municipalities to spend $3.2 billion over the next several years as part of its systemwide resiliency plan.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #CenterPointEnergy #CityOfHouston #ElectricityCosts #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas #ResiliencyInitative
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The City of Houston plans to use federal disaster recovery funds for emergency vehicles, generators for city facilities and its initiative to end homelessness — a conflict with the largest identified need in the aftermath of 2024 storms.
#CityOfHouston #Housing #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #FederalDisasterRecoveryMoney #HoustonDerecho #HoustonHousingAndCommunityDevelopmentDepartment #HurricaneBeryl #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment
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A bill in the Texas Legislature that would enhance the penalty for assaulting a utility worker, making it equal to that of assaulting a first responder, is one step closer to becoming law.
#Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #TexasHouse #UtilityWorkers
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A recent audit of CenterPoint Energy’s management found that the utility company did not adequately assess the risks or potential conflicts of interest before agreeing to an $800 million mobile generator lease.
#Business #Houston #Hurricane #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointGenerators #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas
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Grant funding will help Houston’s iconic Rothko Chapel restore a series of decades-old artworks that were damaged last summer during Hurricane Beryl.
#ArtsCulture #Houston #Hurricane #Local #LocalArts #News #BankOfAmerica #HoustonArts #HurricaneBeryl #MarkRothko #MontroseNeighborhood #RothkoChapel
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The Texas Senate passed a bill that would enhance the penalty for assaulting a utility worker, making it equal to that of assaulting a first responder. The proposed law was authored by a Democrat from Houston.
#Crime #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Politics #Texas #CarolAlvarado #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #SenateBill482 #TexasSenate #UtilityWorkers
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CenterPoint Energy announced this week that it has begun installing 100 weather stations across the Houston region. The data from the stations will be shared with the public.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Weather #Centerpoint #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointWeatherStations #HurricaneBeryl #NationalWeatherService
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CenterPoint Energy has reached a deal with the state of Texas to absorb the cost of the 15 large, mobile generators it leased, valued at roughly $880 million. The move follows months of intense criticism and negotiation with lawmakers.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #ERCOT #Houston #Hurricane #Infrastructure #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Weather #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointGenerators #HurricaneBeryl #PowerOutages #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas
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Hurricane Beryl was so devastating that “Beryl” will no longer be used as a name for future storms.
#Houston #Hurricane #International #Local #News #Weather #2024AtlanticHurricaneSeason #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneBerylDamage #NamedStorms #WorldMeteorologicalOrganization
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After being significantly damaged by two major weather events last year, Memorial Park Golf Course is fixed and ready to go for this year's Texas Children's Houston Open, which is Thursday through Sunday.
#CityOfHouston #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #Sports #Weather #Beryl #Derecho #HoustonDerecho #HoustonOpen #HurricaneBeryl #MemorialParkGolfCourse #Texas
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As the Houston Housing and Community Development Department works on a plan to spend more than $314 in federal disaster recovery funds, tensions are emerging over how the money should be allocated.
#CityOfHouston #Housing #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #AffordableHousingInHouston #ElectricGenerators #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonHousingAndCommunityDevelopmentDepartment #HurricaneBeryl #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment
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CenterPoint Energy on Thursday said the company is on track to strengthen Houston's energy resiliency ahead of the 2025 hurricane season.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #2025HurricaneSeason #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas
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Almost a year after Sinclair Elementary was battered by back-to-back storms, the Houston ISD campus reopened this week to students and teachers.
#Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Derecho #HISDSchools #HoustonISD #HurricaneBeryl #SchoolDamage #SinclairElementary
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A recently published study employed miniature models of skyscrapers to find out why the May 2024 derecho in Houston was able to cause so much damage to “hurricane-proofed” buildings.
#Houston #Local #News #Weather #DowntownHouston #FrontiersInBuiltEnvironment #HoustonBuildings #HoustonDerecho #HoustonSkyscrapers #HurricaneBeryl
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Amidst backlash from ratepayers and legislators alike regarding CenterPoint Energy’s response to Hurricane Beryl, the Houston utility company still received more than $1 billion in profits in 2024.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Centerpoint #CenterPointEarnings #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointHurricaneBeryl #HoustonPowerOutages #HurricaneBeryl
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After failed attempts in 2021 and 2023, southeast Texas lawmakers have filed bills to require generators in nursing homes and assisted living centers.
#HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Housing #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #Generators #HurricaneBeryl #PowerGenerators #SeniorLiving #SeniorLivingFacilitiesInHouston
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For the first time in the city's history, Jamaica Beach officials this week began discussions about a project to restore beach dunes after Hurricane Beryl damaged the community's coastlines.
#EnergyEnvironment #Galveston #Hurricane #Local #News #DuneRestoration #GalvestonIsland #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneBerylDamage #JamaicaBeach
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Houston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to deny CenterPoint Energy’s request for a rate hike that would have increased the average Houstonian's bill by $1.83 a month.
#CityOfHouston #Local #News #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointRateIncrease #HoustonCityCouncil #HurricaneBeryl
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CenterPoint Energy is proposing a plan to send 15 of its mobile generators to San Antonio this summer, allegedly reducing Houston customers' bills in the process.
#EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #Weather #CenterPointEngergy #CenterPointGenerators #HurricaneBeryl #WinterStormUri
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Months after Hurricane Beryl forced the temporary closure of Rothko Chapel, curators of the spiritual space in Houston's Montrose neighborhood announced it's on track to reopen by Dec. 17.
#ArtsCulture #Houston #Local #News #Religion #HoustonArts #HurricaneBeryl #Montrose #Museums #RothkoChapel
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Houston Public Media: "...The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a raft of recommendations for utilities, and lawmakers, in the wake of its investigation into CenterPoint Energy’s handling of Hurricane Beryl...."
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/11/27/507122/what-the-pucs-report-and-pending-audit-mean-for-centerpoint-and-the-puc-itself/
#HurricaneBeryl #Grid #Centerpoint #hurricanes #disasters -
Lawmakers and regulators are trying to ensure that the lessons learned from Hurricane Beryl are not forgotten when it comes to the failures of utility companies like CenterPoint Energy.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Hurricane #InDepth #Infrastructure #News #Politics #Texas #Weather #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #PowerOutages #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas
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The Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued its report on CenterPoint Energy's response to Hurricane Beryl and is recommending the state legislature to take step to improve communication.
#EnergyEnvironment #Hurricane #Infrastructure #News #Politics #Texas #CenterPointEnergy #GovernorGregAbbott #HurricaneBeryl #PowerOutages #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas