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 ...

Why Houston keeps building in flood zones — and what it means for the future Since Hurricane Harvey, one in every five homes built in the Greater Houston area has been constructed in a floodplain.

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 ...

Hurricane Harvey made our vulnerability visible: neighbors rescuing neighbors, photo albums floating in living rooms, bayous surging over their banks. Then came the canyons of sopping drywall, sofas, ...

(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 ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle as part of an initiative to report on how power is wielded in Texas. Billionaire Elon Musk is taking issue with a recent ...

HOUSTON — Houston drivers have a bit more flood protection as new flood gates have gone up on both ends of the Navigation underpass between Canal and Franklin. KHOU 11 has shown that problem area ...

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This article is co-published with ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle as part of an initiative to report on how power is wielded in Texas. Billionaire Elon Musk is taking issue with a recent ...