A 12-year-old girl died and several others were injured after a natural gas explosion nearly leveled their Texas home early Friday morning. Officials said the explosion occurred around 6:30 a.m. at a home on Espanola Drive in Dallas.
More than a dozen Rockwall homes were evacuated Thursday due to flooding from the heavy rain that has inundated North Texas and engorged Rockwall Lake.
According to information from the Texas Department of Transportation, more than 3,700 people were killed on Texas roadways last year marking a 10% increase in traffic deaths from the previous year. Traffic fatalities have continued to rise every year since 2010 marking a 34% increase in traffic deaths in the past seven years.
North Richland Hills firefighters worked to put out a three-alarm fire at a three-story apartment building in the 6900 block of NE Loop 820 Tuesday night.
In 2017, Texas homeowners suffered significant losses from Hurricane Harvey, severe hailstorms and tornadoes around the state. Despite another year of bad weather, data from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shows that justified consumer complaints continued to be low.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports today that insured tailgate thefts have stabilized since 2014. NICB analysis shows that in 2016, there were 1,877 claims for tailgate theft identified in ISO ClaimSearch®, an insurance industry claims database.
The National Hurricane Center released Thursday its official 76-page report on Hurricane Harvey and its impacts on Texas and the rest of the United States.
Officials say no one has been hurt during strong storms and possible tornadoes in Northeast Texas that damaged some structures and dumped hail as big as golf balls.
Several days of subfreezing temperatures resulted in frozen water pipes which are now leaking in homes across the state. With temperatures now warming above the freezing mark, homeowners are discovering water leaks and rushing to call plumbers for help.
A Northwest Side furniture store left their sprinklers on overnight, causing iced-over roads and at least four crashes, police said. Police officers on scene did not know whether it is a violation of city ordinances for businesses to leave sprinklers on overnight in freezing weather.
Insurers will have to pay claims of around $135 billion for 2017, the most ever, following a spate of hurricanes, earthquakes and fires in North America, according to a report published on Thursday.
Ice on the road caused dozens of accidents across our area Wednesday morning. A thick sheet of ice covered the intersection near Weslayan and Westheimer. Drivers say the ice was impossible to see as they drove through the area.
The parking lot of the strip center near Beechnut and Highway 6 began 2018 with reminders of 2017 strewn across the asphalt. Countless cardboard containers, most of them charred beyond recognition are evidence of a huge fireworks party that left a mess for the strip center and incredible damage to one man’s car.
