For almost 20 years, homeowners in Harris County, Texas, have used the same federal flood maps to determine whether their homes were at risk. Then came Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and about 70% of the ...
Putting down roots in Houston and Harris County comes with the implicit understanding that, in any given year, floodwaters may inundate them. It’s why, when my wife and I pondered last year whether to ...
Looming deadlines could put as much as $660 million in federal funding for flood control projects in vulnerable areas in jeopardy, according to a February report by the Harris County Flood Control ...
Residential neighborhoods near the Interstate 10 sit in floodwater in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Residential neighborhoods ...
Hurricane Harvey made our vulnerability visible: neighbors rescuing neighbors, photo albums floating in living rooms, bayous surging over their banks. Then came the canyons of sopping drywall, sofas, ...