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A long-awaited update to FEMA's flood maps for Harris County has been delayed again, eight years after Hurricane Harvey revealed ... Homeowners living in areas within FEMA's 100-year floodplain ...
Houstonians know that roads flood with even mild rainstorms. Well, folks, now we've got a hurricane ... (See the map below -- or click here.) "Any area that is low, next to a bayou or creek ...
As the government begins to assess the damage from Hurricane Harvey, it is clear that much of the damage occurred outside of the boundaries drawn on official flood maps. Harris County Lake Houston ...
sit in waist-deep floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27 ... relied on increasingly outdated maps. Not surprisingly, development in flood-prone areas continued, including communities ...
One year ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck Texas ... and communicate risks to communities On the maps, Special Flood Hazard Areas identify zones with a one percent chance ...
As floodwaters from Hurricane ... Harvey recede in Houston, one thing that’s been revealed is that some of the damage — financial, physical, emotional — could have been avoided. Flood hazard ...
DICKINSON, Texas (KTRK) -- Hurricane ... as Harvey sat over southeast Texas. Bayous turned into oceans swallowing homes, and roads became rivers. Harvey was a storm that flooded 80% of Dickinson ...
Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit ... Island to Port O'Connor. Some other areas are expecting between 8 inches and a foot of storm surge, with flooding continuing for days.
As the floodwaters recede in Texas, the United States will need to reckon with a uniquely tragic aspect of Hurricane Harvey ... who live in “Special Flood Hazard Areas” — zones with a ...