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 ...
After years of delays, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has quietly posted a draft of Harris County's new flood maps online, kickstarting a review process that could lead to the first major ...
After years of delay, FEMA released a new set of flood maps that overhaul Harris County’s floodplain boundaries for the first time since 2007. A Houston Chronicle analysis found the draft maps would ...
Environmental advocates say the prevalence data covers every neighborhood within the nearly 1,800 square miles, which make up Harris County and gauges rates of 16 types of cancer. Jackie Medcalf, ...
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 ...