Perhaps the only way to write about climate injustice as overwhelming as Houston’s ongoing flood-pocalypse is to ... issues are inextricably tied. The book’s Memory section includes poems ...

After Hurricane Harvey, the "for sale" signs in people's yards didn't tout the pool or the school districts. The biggest selling-point was in bold, capital letters: DID NOT FLOOD. Potential home ...

In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston ... Book" by Barbara A. Shailor. Carver included a note that read: Dear Sarah, I have often thought of you and your family, and that terrible flood ...

Two months after Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston spent $10.7 million to get nearly 60 damaged houses out of the flood plain ... which were on the books before Harvey. They require that ...

but recent severe weather events in the region have shown that even these zones are not completely safe from flooding. In Houston, assessing a property’s flood risk means looking beyond the obvious.

Here is a map of Houston’s flood zones as defined by FEMA. It shows the areas that have a 1-in-500 chance of flooding, and a 1-in-100 chance of flooding. (FEMA uses various scales for 100-year ...