Back in Houston, the country's fourth largest city is a hub of the nation's oil refineries, and, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, gas prices are up. AAA says the national average for regular gas is now $2.59 a gallon. That's 23 cents higher than just

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Rising Seas, Development Predicted to Cause More Flood Disasters The Tropical Storm Harvey in the Unites States and the monsoon in South Asia have again shown how dangerous and destructive floodwaters can be. More than 1,200 people have died across I

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休斯顿城市扩张导致野生动物失去家园 Houston, Texas, and its surrounding suburbs are growing fast and sprawling out into natural forest areas that are the habitat for many species of indigenous wildlife. Local leaders as well as enviro

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Wk 13 (28 March 1979) Nuclear Reactor Melts Down In The USAThis Week in HistoryDeadly radiation escapes from a US nuclear power plant, endangering nearly 2,000,000 people. In 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvani

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Texas continues to be Americas fastest-growing state, the U.S. government Census Bureau says. 美国政府人口普查局表示,德州仍是美国人口增长最快的州。 Six of the nations top 10 largest-gaining counties between July 1, 2016 an

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AS IT IS 2016-04-08 More People Move to Houston in US 越来越多的人来到美国休斯敦 More people moved to the Houston, Texas area in one year than to any other metropolitan area in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released

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