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Texas’ Elite Search & Rescue Team Recalls Finding Closure In West

When the fertilizer plant in West exploded, Texas Task Force One was called in to search the area closest to the plant for survivors. They didn’t find any.

2013/05/08

Man Dead After East Dallas Apartment Fire

A man is dead after an apartment fire in east Dallas early Friday morning. Investigators believe that he may have been smoking in bed when the mattress caught on fire.

2013/02/08

ATLANTA, GA - JULY 21: Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin speaks at the Service Workshop during Usher's New Look Foundation - World Leadership Conference & Awards 2011 - Day 2 at Cobb Galleria on July 21, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for Usher's New Look Foundation)

Ex-New Orleans Mayor & North Texan Ray Nagin Charged With Bribery

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who currently lives in Frisco, Texas, was indicted Friday on charges that he used his office for personal gain while the city was struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

2013/01/18

A man shows a handful of the U.S. pennies. (credit: Getty Images/Jim Watson/AFP)

Irving School Collecting ‘Cents For Sandy’

Students at Thomas Haley Elementary School are beginning a campaign to raise money for the victims of Sandy. The school has been down this road before with rewarding results.

2012/10/31

Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images)

Opinion: Another Hurricane Reminds Us Of The Need For An Effective Administration

The 2012 presidential campaign between President Obama and Mitt Romney will be book-ended by hurricanes.

2012/10/26

Barack Obama campaigns in 2007 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Obama’s 2007 Speech is Disturbingly Racist

While there’s nothing wrong with an African-American president speaking in a black dialect, there is something terribly wrong with him speaking in a black accent and cadence when undoubtedly inciting racism to a predominantly African-American audience.

2012/10/05

Hurricane Katrina Ruling Could Impact North Texas

A major ruling out of the Hurricane Katrina damage in New Orleans could have an affect on the levee system around Dallas.

KRLD–2012/09/25

Former Hurricane Katrina evacuee Dr. Christopher Bloom is now a licensed Texas physician who makes house calls. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Katrina Evacuee Now Texas Doc Making Local House Calls

Doctor Christopher Bloom watched the chaos of Hurricane Katrina unfold from Houston. After Katrina, Bloom was left unemployed. The once well-connected New Orleans physician decided to start over in North Texas.

CBS 11–2012/08/29

A fallen streetlight sits in a puddle of water in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2012, as Hurricane Isaac battered the city and surrounding region. (credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/GettyImages)

Isaac Weakening, NOLA Officials May Breach Levee

Louisiana officials said Wednesday they may have to intentionally breach a levee in a flooded area as Hurricane Isaac made a slow, drenching slog inland before weakening to a tropical storm and a dusk-to-dawn curfew was declared in New Orleans.

2012/08/29

Ruffin Henry and Scout swim in the rising water of Lake Pontchatrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches on August 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Hurricane Isaac Floods Gulf Coast

Hurricane Isaac pushed water over a rural levee, knocked out power and flooded beach-front roads before dawn in Louisiana and Mississippi as it began a slow, drenching slog inland.

2012/08/29

Anthony Booth from New Orleans learns that his home has been flooded after Hurricane Isaac made landfall. (credit: Stephanie Lucero/KTVT/KTXA)

North Texas Ready To Help Isaac Evacuees

Although the damage from Hurricane Isaac does not look too bad as of Wednesday morning, relief groups across North Texas are still prepared to help those hit by the storm.

2012/08/29

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Isaac Won’t Have Much Impact On DFW Weather

Hurricane Isaac struck the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, and has brought severe flooding to parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. But folks in North Texas won’t see much from the storm.

2012/08/29