The Houston Association of Realtors has postponed plans to integrate flood risk ratings into property listings due to ...
Homeowners could be spared financial losses later if flood risks are more clearly disclosed pre-sale, advocates say. But some ...
The Misleading Name That Confuses Millions The term "100-year flood" sounds like a once-in-a-century event, doesn't it?
Stormwater does not follow local government boundaries, yet in the Houston area, a patchwork of rules has created gaps that let some homebuilding projects move forward without fully mitigating flood ...
The flood maps that help determine where homes are built in Texas, how much insurance costs and which areas would benefit from flood control projects are based on rainfall data that hasn't been ...
Regarding "65K new Houston-area properties built in floodplains since Harvey,” (Sept. 19): The Houston Chronicle recently highlighted concerns about homebuilding in floodplains but overlooked key ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, the city still awaits a comprehensive flood protection system. The local ...