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The approval secures certain flood mitigation projects approved by voters in 2018 after Hurricane Harvey, including ones that ...
Harris County officials are ramping up efforts to protect residents from flooding after recent deadly storms in the Texas ...
Harris County is facing a $1 billion shortfall in its flood control projects despite having $5.2 billion in total funding, ...
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and ...
The flood control district has to plan around its $1B projected budget shortfall with two constraints: prioritize equity ...
The new floodplain maps for Harris County — originally set to be released in late 2022, but now expected in late this summer at the earliest — will be FEMA's first maps to depict urban flooding.
The search for missing bodies is ongoing along Texas’ Guadalupe River after catastrophic and deadly flooding killed more than ...
KINGWOOD, Texas (KTRK) -- Some Kingwood neighbors believe a new Harris County flood map is misleading and are worried about what it could mean for future flood mitigation projects.
FEMA collaborates with local governments across the country — in Harris County, Texas, their partner is the flood control district — to create and update the maps. Harris County maps have not ...
In 2023, Harris County already knew the new maps would drastically increase how many homes and businesses fell within a likely flood zone. "The new 100-year will probably be close to the 500-year ...