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Hurricane Winds and Flooding Expected in Houston

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Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit South Texas, including Houston and the Gulf Coast, tonight or tomorrow morning, and it may remain in place for days. Harvey will be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in almost 12 years. This could be one of the worst weather-related disasters in recent history. Hurricane Harvey 2017.

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2017 Hurricanes: A Katrina Deja Vu

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Around this time of the year in 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the United States and left 1,800 people dead and more than a million displaced in the Gulf Coast region. Katrina also disrupted the shipping industry by causing damage to the Port of New Orleans. It also destroying over 200,000 homes in New Orleans.

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2017 in Review: Disruptions Drive Rates Up

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We haven't seen three consecutive quarters of 3% GDP growth since 2005. E-Commerce Changes Shipping Patterns. Container ships docked in Los Angeles or Long Beach, the freight was unloaded, sorted and moved on rail intermodal or van trailers to regional distribution centers across the country.

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Hurricane Irma's Chemical Fallout Could Be Worse than Harvey's

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But an analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, showed that the Houston area’s hundreds of refineries and petrochemical operations released almost 1 million pounds of air pollutants in Harvey-related spills and flares, including benzene, sulfur dioxide, toluene, and xylene. The big problem was 19.5