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Measures to control flooding falling short as area grows When Meg Poissant first moved into the Washington Avenue corridor a quarter century ago, chickens wandered quiet streets in the shadow of the downtown skyline. Then came the towering apartments and packed ... Continue Reading

The trouble with living in a swamp: Houston floods explained Things get bad when Houston floods. Water swamps homes, takes lives and shuts down the city. But it should be so much worse. There shouldn't even be a city here. Continue Reading

Residents want answers after neighborhood floods Third in a series Something was wrong - that was obvious to everyone who looked at the flooded streets around them. For most of the morning, water had steadily flowed toward the creek behind the ... Continue Reading

Cleanup plans could give San Jacinto River new life The San Jacinto River's west fork runs for 35 miles below the Lake Conroe dam, providing alternate glimpses of tall pines and gravel mines, willow oaks and busy overpasses. The waterway is prone to flood, ... Continue Reading

Some Greenspoint-area flood victims face a crippling choice Images of residents escaping rising floodwaters at Houston's Arbor Court apartments in April - riding inflatable rafts, dump trucks, even a refrigerator - stunned many after a deadly storm soaked the city ... Continue Reading

Flooding spreads south in Brazoria County Flooding in Brazoria County continued to move south Monday into more populated areas, affecting thousands of households as water from the Brazos River slowly began to recede in the northern part of the ... Continue Reading

Brazos reaches levels not seen in decades in Brazoria, Fort Bend As the effects of major flooding from strong storms moved south into Brazoria County, Fort Bend County shifted into recovery mode on Sunday, mapping out plans to address widespread damage to properties ... Continue Reading

Storms pound Brazoria County, where Brazos threatens to crest Thunderstorms pounded the Baytown area Saturday and brought as much as 3 inches of rain to Brazoria County as the Brazos River continued its slow but relentless climb out of its banks into populated areas, ... Continue Reading

Return to normalcy will take a while for flood victims Erica Goeke and her neighbors were making a tentative comeback Friday just as the sun was doing the same. They had evacuated a day or two before as the Brazos River was spilling over into their Richmond ... Continue Reading

City seeking grants for flood recovery The city of Houston began soliciting grant applications for flood recovery projects Wednesday, seeking to distribute roughly $1.3 million from its nonprofit Greater Houston Storm Relief Fund to initiatives ... Continue Reading