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Hundreds of thousands are still without power in the Houston area. Here's how it happened
Read full article: Hundreds of thousands are still without power in the Houston area. Here's how it happenedHundreds of thousands of people in the Houston area likely won't have power restored until next week, as the city swelters in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
Determined to forge ahead with canal expansion, Army Corps unveils testing plan for contaminants in Matagorda Bay
Read full article: Determined to forge ahead with canal expansion, Army Corps unveils testing plan for contaminants in Matagorda BayThe expansion project will enable the world’s largest class of tanker ships to dock at a new oil export terminal on the Gulf Coast. It also involves dredging a Superfund site.
Coronavirus kills another 1,000 in Texas in just 10 days
Read full article: Coronavirus kills another 1,000 in Texas in just 10 daysOnly 10 days after crossing the 3,000 threshold, Texas surpassed 4,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas TribuneAfter the first COVID-19 death in Texas a 97-year-old man in Matagorda County who died on March 15 it took 53 days before the state reached 1,000 deaths. On Monday, Texas reached 4,020 deaths only 10 days after crossing the 3,000 threshold. Over the last week, COVID-19 has killed an average of 112 people each day in Texas nearly three times more than two weeks ago. For the past week, hospitalizations have swung between 10,471 and 10,658, for a 7-day average of 10,564.
Three new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Matagorda County, officials say
Read full article: Three new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Matagorda County, officials sayBAY CITY, Texas – 4/19/20 Update:Three new positive cases of COVID-19 are reported in Matagorda County, according to the Matagorda County Emergency Operations Center. In Matagorda County, there are 54 COVID-19 cases total as of yet and three deaths, MCEOC said. To learn more about the COVID-19 cases in Matagorda County, visit its website by clicking here. The patient was a man in his 90s from Matagorda County. He died Sunday at Matagorda Regional Medical Center with symptoms consistent with COVID-19, officials said.