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 ...

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, ...

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 ...