JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska—The Alaska Air National Guard is stepping up to assist with Hurricane Harvey humanitarian disaster relief operations. The 176th Wing deployed 21 Airmen in one of their C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, en route to Fort Hood, Texas this morning. Two aircrews from the 249th Airlift Squadron and 13 Guardian Angels from […]
Houston, the fourth largest U.S. city, and large parts of southeastern Texas are under water, overwhelmed by tropical storm rains of historic proportions, and the heavy rain resumed Sunday night, making rescuers’ tasks more difficult. Hundreds of rescue operations have been underway throughout the area — by helicopter, by boat, by rescue crews churning through […]
U.S. weather forecasters say Tropical Storm Harvey has strengthened to a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico on a path taking it toward the Texas coast. The National Hurricane Center said Thursday that the storm was now generating winds of 80 miles per hour. Forecasters expect Harvey to intensify to a Category […]
A young Texas girl suffered a fatal shock on Sunday after either plugging her phone in, or grabbing an already plugged in phone while she was in the bathtub, Texas authorities report. 14-year-old Lubbock, Texas teen, Madison Coe, was visiting her father in Lovington, New Mexico, when the incident occurred. Investigators reveal that the teen […]