Experts warn this type of catastrophe -- a power outage combined with a heat wave -- could yield a major death toll.

CenterPoint Energy said 2,000 front line workers and over 600 vegetation management personnel are currently making preparations for Tropical Storm Francine.

Francine weakened Thursday after ... sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flood fears in New Orleans and beyond as drenching rains spread over the northern Gulf Coast. New ...

Houston is no stranger to heat. The eastern Texas city has seen sweltering conditions this summer, baking under triple-digit ...

Luckily, for Houston, Francine appears to have shifted eastward, and is projected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane ...

Texas isn’t expected to take a direct hit when the storm makes landfall as a hurricane. But storm surge and dangerous winds ...

Francine has weakened after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, sent storm ... to widespread power outages and ...

(AP) — Francine weakened Thursday after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers, sent storm surge rushing into coastal ...

The tropical wave, which could eventually become Tropical Storm ... after Beryl, showing areas of Houston as "energized" even though power had not been restored. In the case of an outage ...