Galveston

House advances giant Texas storm surge project in water bill

House advances giant Texas storm surge project in water bill

Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas – but mostly spared the region’s oil refineries and chemical plants – the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against the next raging storm.