Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A water rescue boat from the Crosby Volunteer Fire Department delivers people to high ground after flooding from heavy rain on ...
After years of delay, FEMA released a new set of flood maps that overhaul Harris County’s floodplain boundaries for the first time since 2007. A Houston Chronicle analysis found the draft maps would ...
Stormwater does not follow local government boundaries, yet in the Houston area, a patchwork of rules has created gaps that let some homebuilding projects move forward without fully mitigating flood ...
Regarding "65K new Houston-area properties built in floodplains since Harvey,” (Sept. 19): The Houston Chronicle recently highlighted concerns about homebuilding in floodplains but overlooked key ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, the city still awaits a comprehensive flood protection system. The local ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min New draft FEMA flood maps show ...
West University Place’s flood maps could look different in a few years. What's happening? On March 9, West U city officials heard from experts on what the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ...