HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Flooding is a well known problem in the Houston area, but a new report is ranking the area among the top metros in the country for wildfire dangers. The list, created by CoreLogic, named the top 15 metropolitan areas that are a high risk for wildfire events. Houston ranked #15, Austin #5 and San Antonio #11. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Liberty County District Attorney has been arrested for assault in downtown Houston. Logan Pickett, 38, was taken into custody Saturday morning at the Westin Houston Downtown hotel, according to Houston police. Pickett’s wife told the hotel front desk clerk that she and her husband were at an event at Minute Maid Park and went to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston’s Crimestoppers is expected to release a new video that could help find the suspect involved in the shooting death of 29-year-old Deodrick Bradley in north Harris County. It has been nearly two months since the shooting death of the young father and authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding his alleged killer. Bradley’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person is dead and another is injured after a crash involving a suspected drunk driver on the Gulf Freeway. Houston police say two drivers were on the Gulf Freeway exchanging information after a fender bender. Authorities say the two men were talking to a wrecker driver when a speeding car lost control and slammed into …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There’s a burnt orange University of Texas National Championship banner hanging on Nicky Cumberland’s bedroom wall. His bed is still neatly made with a stuffed animal resting on six red, white and navy blue pillows. But it’s been more than a year and 20-year-old Nicky Cumberland isn’t coming home. “This is where we come to cry,” …

It’s 7am and you are warm and cozy in your bed. And suddenly you feel buzzing tremors, which turn into vibrating thunder in the darkness. The piercing sound of the alarm eventually wakes you up from your slumber. The wretched alarm tone is the most annoying sound ever for some people. The presence of the torturous recurring wake-up jingle in …

Pakistan has installed a Chinese JY-27A anti-stealth radar at an airbase in Mianwali, Jane’s Defence Weekly, a magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs, reported. According to report, satellite imagery on August 29 has revealed that a JY-27A radar developed by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation was installed at the Mianwali airbase. The report said that the “counter-very-low-observable” radar may have …

A public awareness campaign was held at Altamash General Hospital today (Saturday) regarding hepatitis as a CSR activity. As many as 300 people from all walks of life attended the event which was held at the hospital’s Clifton block 1 branch. Located at junction of both high and low economic group of population, Altamash General Hospital, a 200 bed Hospital …

Dengue fever claimed four more lives in Karachi on Saturday, taking this year’s death toll in Sindh to 40. According to health officials, four people, including two women, died in a private hospital in Karachi. Over 178 cases of dengue virus have been reported in Karachi in the past 24 hours, the official said. Over 4,200 cases have so far …

Five new polio cases have been reported across the country, taking the tally to 100. All of them are wild polio virus cases. There are now 91 wild polio virus cases and nine vaccine-derived polio cases. Three of the new cases were recorded in Sindh and two in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The first case was a 36-month-old female from Sakran in …