It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child.

For many, it's their biggest fear.

Amarissa Jones, host of The Vanished.

A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases

in an effort to uncover the truth.

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Listener discretion is advised.

The water and the Gulf of Mexico is warm in the summer,

but my girls will wait into it any time of the year, even if it's freezing.

That's one of the reasons why we come here.

We like to visit Porto Ranzas in August right before their school starts,

which is what we did in 2017.

But we missed one of the worst times in the history of the Texas coast by one week.

MPR Affiliate KUT show The Texas Standard reported on Hurricane Harvey.

I'm David Brown.

As cleanup crews converge on Houston just a bit to the east,

it's still very much rescue mode.

From the heart of the golden triangle, this is the Texas Standard.

Becky Vogel did a story on the impact Hurricane Harvey had on foster kids.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services says 1200 foster children were safely

relocated as a result of Hurricane Harvey.

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