Harvey-Related Flood Control Projects’ Fate Remains Unclear March 26, 2018 By JUAN A. LOZANO Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston’s flooding woes went to the top of the area’s to-do list after...
Despite Upgrades, Flood Risk Still Exists for Some Houston Homes March 7, 2018 Nearly 9,000 homes and other buildings will remain in the floodplains of four Houston-area waterways despite multimillion-dollar flood control projects....
Texas Homeowners Concerned About Zoning Changes After Harvey March 6, 2018 Some Southeast Texas homeowners have raised concerns about houses in neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Harvey being changed from residential to...
Historic Homes in Houston Decimated by Harvey Floods March 1, 2018 By NANCY SARNOFF, Houston Chronicle On a recent Friday morning Sam Scott walked through his Texas house for the last time. The Houston Chronicle reports...
Texas Launches Tool to Track Harvey Recovery February 28, 2018 By EMILY SCHMALL Texas launched a public online tool to track incoming and outgoing funds for Hurricane Harvey recovery on Monday, six months...
Army Corps of Engineers Said it Emphasized Flood Risk Before Harvey February 26, 2018 By JUAN A. LOZANO The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that leading up to and during Hurricane Harvey it “worked diligently” with...
Texas Announces $1B for Hurricane Harvey Mitigation Efforts February 16, 2018 By JUAN A. LOZANO Texas communities that were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey will be able to apply for more than $1 billion in...
CoreLogic: Wildfires, Floods Dominated Natural Hazards in 2017 January 30, 2018 Last year’s weather hazards reflected a mostly average season, with the exception of wildfires in California and flooding as a...
5 Critical Drone Takeaways for Insurers From 2017’s Hurricane Season January 29, 2018 By Nathan Stump, director, Product Marketing, Kespry Last year represented a major inflection point for the use of drone-based aerial intelligence in the insurance industry. Hurricanes Harvey...
Federal Report Reveals Extent of Hurricane Harvey January 29, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN The official numbers for last year’s Hurricane Harvey are in, and they go beyond the 68 dead and $125 billion...