Putting down roots in Houston and Harris County comes with the implicit understanding that, in any given year, floodwaters may inundate them. It's why, when my wife and I pondered last year whether to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new draft map expands the 100-year floodplain by 43% (Caroline Ghisolfi/Houston Chronicle) Harris County's 100-year floodplain ...
Low-income homeowners worry they may now face new costs before seeing the kind of public investment they have demanded for ...
Nearly 200,000 properties could be moved into high-risk flood zones under the FEMA's overhaul of Harris County's flood maps.
The proposed map -- which was quietly released on the agency's site two weeks ago and intended for technical reviews by floodplain administrators -- marks a major revision in Harris County's flood ...