Businesses Suffering After Beryl, Utility Workers Attacked, and FEMA Assistance
It’s been over a week since Beryl hit H-Town, but we’re just starting to learn about the short and long-term impacts on businesses that have been without power. Host Raheel Ramzanali is talking ABC13 reporter Pooja Lodhia about that story, how utility workers are being threatened, a new class action case against CenterPoint, and some fond memories about columnist Ken Hoffman.
Here's more about the stories from today's episode.
- 'A freight train's coming' | Gov. Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick demand answers from CenterPoint on Beryl preparation and response
- Houston power outages: Abbott says CenterPoint must formulate storm plans as more than 385,000 without power Sunday
- Houston restaurant owner frustrated amid power outage impacted by Beryl: 'I'm fed up'
- FEMA opens applications for individuals and business owners impacted by Hurricane Beryl
- Small Business Administration loans
- Derecho-stricken Houstonians forced to face FEMA aid process again after Beryl
- CenterPoint says threats continue against repair crews after Hurricane Beryl
- Hurricane Beryl leads to at least 13 Houston area deaths, but a full count is weeks away. Here's why.
- Tony Buzbee announces class action case against CenterPoint
- Houston hospitals see abnormally large spike in carbon monoxide poisoning visits, even compared to past storms
- Ken Hoffman knows whom to blame for Houston's too slow Beryl recovery
- City Cast Pittsburgh: An Eyewitness Account of the Trump Rally Shooting
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