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 ...

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 ...

He’d been evacuated Tuesday after feet of water from the Harvey-fueled San Jacinto River washed through his home in the tony northeast Houston community ... a still life of books on a table ...

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.

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 ...

They used satellite imagery to determine that half of the land that flooded in the county, whose seat is Houston, was outside of official flood zones. The researchers, at the university’s ...

called Special Flood Hazard Zones, must buy flood insurance. Most of the Houston area falls outside those most vulnerable zones, and many homeowners who aren't forced to have coverage have decided ...

While most of the high-water rescues across Houston were inside flood zones, data show more than 80 percent of the 943 calls for help in East Houston were outside of the flood plain But calls ...

At the time, it was the worst urban flood in the U.S. history. RH: If we had unlimited resources, what could Houston do to protect residents from flooding? PB: There’s some low hanging fruit.