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FEMA Issues Flood Watch for Entire Houston Region

10/24/25 @ 5PM– FEMA and the National Weather Service Houston/Galveston office have issued a flood watch for the Houston region that will last until October 26 at 5:00AM CDT. See details below. WHAT Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. WHERE A portion of southeast Texas, including the following areas, Austin, Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, […]

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FEMA Issues Flood Watch for Entire Houston Region

10/24/25 @ 5PM– FEMA and the National Weather Service Houston/Galveston office have issued a flood watch for the Houston region that will last until October 26 at 5:00AM CDT. See details below. WHAT Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. WHERE A portion of southeast Texas, including the following areas, Austin, Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, […]

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City Lowering Lake Houston in Advance of Flood Threat

10/23/25 – Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger announced this afternoon that the City will lower the level of Lake Houston one foot beginning tomorrow morning. The reason: a severe storm arriving Friday night into Saturday morning could dump 2-4 inches of rain over widespread parts of the Lake Houston Watershed. Isolated higher […]

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Weather Disasters Cost More Than $100 Billion in First Half of 2025

10/22/25 – Climate Central, an independent group of scientists and communicators who research weather trends, reported today that 14 separate billion-dollar weather disasters have occurred across the U.S. during the first six months of 2025. They caused $101.4 billion in damages. Climate Central Now Updating Former NOAA Database Climate Central has taken over the database of […]

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SJRA Wins Appeal Against Downstream Homeowners in Federal Court

October 20, 2025 – On October 16, 2025, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals ruled that the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) enjoyed governmental immunity in one set of “takings” claims arising out of Hurricane Harvey. The three-judge panel reversed a ruling by the 152nd District Court in Harris County. The new ruling said that the […]

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Median Madness Volunteers Made a Huge Difference … Again

10/19/2025 – Yesterday, dozens of volunteers from across Kingwood joined together to make a huge difference in Median Madness Round 3. Young and old, male and female, Republicans and Democrats, they all worked side by side. For the good of their community, they attacked a stretch of Northpark Drive where vines and tree limbs had […]

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Major Northpark Milestone: Bore Under Tracks Completed

10/18/2025 – Yesterday, on 10/17/2025, the Northpark Expansion project reached a major milestone. Some might say the project cleared a major hurdle, except the hurdle is about 15 feet below the UnionPacific Railroad tracks. Whatever you call it, the completion of the second bore under the railroad tracks caused jubilation among board members of the […]

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Reminder: Join Median Madness Saturday 8:30 to 12 on Northpark

10/17/25 – Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger wants to remind the entire Kingwood Community about Median Madness Round 3. The event will be held on Northpark from 8:30am to noon on Saturday, 10/18/25 between Forest Bluff and Bassingham. That’s just east of the commercial area around Northpark and Woodland Hills. Parking For parking, HPD […]

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Developer Buys 5300 Acres of Floodplains, Floodways, Wetlands from Ryko

10/15/2025 – San Jacinto Preserve and a sister company, Scarborough Houston LLC have purchased approximately 5300 acres of land west of Kingwood from Ryko and its sister company, Pacific Indio Properties. Ryko tried for years to develop approximately the land, most of which is floodplains, floodways and wetlands where the San Jacinto West Fork, Spring […]

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Signorelli Tries Again to Expand Commons of Lake Houston into Floodplains

10/14/25 – Signorelli Company has filed another general plan with the Houston Planning Commission for expansion of the Commons of Lake Houston. The new area for proposed development will be called The Crossing at the Commons of Lake Houston. The new plan dated 9/23/25 shows roughly 450 new homesites on approximately 105 acres. About half […]

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