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The Kinder Morgan Building (formerly known as the El Paso Energy Building and before that the Tenneco Building) [2] is a 502-foot (153 m) high-rise office building/skyscraper located in Houston, Texas. [3] It was completed in 1965 [1] and has 33 floors.
At least four people have died in Houston as severe weather blasted through the city, an official said, as strong storms lashed parts of Texas with destructive winds and dangerous flooding.
As the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the Houston area on Tuesday to assess the damage from last week’s deadly storms, local officials reassured residents still without ...
Whitmire's office posted a photo Friday on the social platform X showing the mayor signing a disaster declaration, which paves the way for state and federal storm recovery assistance. The problems extended to the city’s suburbs, with emergency officials in neighboring Montgomery County describing the damage to transmission lines as ...
The heavy rain and powerful storms also flooded streets and busted windows in downtown buildings. In Harris County, where Houston is, about 782,000 homes and businesses were without power at about ...
The Edward A. Thomas Building, [2] or 1200 Travis, is a 28-story building in Downtown Houston, Texas that is currently occupied by the Houston Police Department as its current headquarters. At one time it was known as the Houston Natural Gas Building. [3] The building houses HPD's administrative and investigative offices. [4]
The company moved over 700 jobs from a suburban office building along U.S. Route 290 (Northwest Freeway) to the Wells Fargo Plaza. [10] In 2012, the company moved out of the building as part of downsizing initiatives while undergoing bankruptcy procedures. [11]
Houston Mayor John Whitmire said crews with CenterPoint Energy had been working hard to restore power to residents dealing with temperatures of about 90 degrees (32 Celsius) and heat indexes approaching 100 degrees (38 Celsius). At the height of the power outages, nearly 1 million people in the Houston area were without electricity.