But they used only preexisting soil ... district is considering whether the tunnels could be emptied out with pumps between floods, unlike San Antonio’s, which stay full. They plan to study ...

It’s one of the city’s best-kept secrets. For almost two decades, a largely unnoticed engineering marvel has helped downtown San Antonio and its famed River Walk avoid the major flooding that ...

and exits into San Antonio’s jurisdiction. Prichard says leaving that amount of trash inside the drainage tunnel and if it continues to get worse could mean flooding problems for his city.

Torrential downpours led to widespread flash flooding in San Antonio on Friday morning, prompting high-water rescues and grinding the city's morning rush hour to a halt.

"That's what people cannot replicate" Garza is the assistant director of public works for the city of San ... The tunnel is where the city's flood water is stored year-round, and times used ...

RELATED: Harris County Flood Control District proposes tunnel idea to drain stormwaters Gettinger pointed to Austin and San Antonio as cities currently using underground tunnels for flood mitigation.

According to early reports, several homeless individuals were camped out in drainage tunnels near ... the image suggests flash flooding was a major issue across San Antonio Monday morning as ...

Texas has seen similar underground flood diversion tunnels built in places like San Antonio and Austin ... parts of Harris County that Fletcher used to represent around the Energy Corridor ...