Reduce Flooding - HoustonNewMedia.org

7/19/24 – With 4-5 inches of rain expected in the next few days, storm sewer inlets, ditches, and gutters blocked by tree debris from Beryl could form a secondary crisis. Especially if the downpours become intense enough to cause street flooding that floats debris. A Widespread Issue Jeff Miller from Elm Grove Village in Kingwood […]

The post Potential Secondary Crisis from Beryl: Blocked Drains, Gutters, Ditches appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 18, 2024 Reduce Flooding

GLO Approves $66.4 Million in Regional Mitigation Projects

7/18/2024 – Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved another $66,402,284 in regional mitigation projects. The money will go toward projects that improve roads, water detention, drainage and sewer systems. The projects are within the cities of Baytown, Brenham, Centerville, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Houston, Jasper, Plantersville, Seadrift […]

The post GLO Approves $66.4 Million in Regional Mitigation Projects appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 17, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Winds from Beryl Caused More Damage than Rains

7/17/24 – After days of uncertainty about the trajectory of Hurricane Beryl, at 6 AM on 7/9/24, radar indicated that the eye of the storm had moved onshore between Lake Jackson and Bay City. The National Weather Service (NWS) had issued Hurricane, Tropical Storm, and Storm Surge Warnings for much of the upper Texas Coast. […]

The post Winds from Beryl Caused More Damage than Rains appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 7, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Tropical Storm Warning, Flood Watch for Inland Harris County

7/7/24, 10:30 AM – The National Weather Service (NWS) and FEMA have issued a tropical storm warning that includes Houston, Kingwood and Spring. Beryl is moving closer to the Texas Coast and turning a little more northward. Although it has not yet re-intensified into a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center predicts it will, and that […]

The post Tropical Storm Warning, Flood Watch for Inland Harris County appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 6, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Beryl Update, Saturday AM

7/6/24 – As of 7 AM on Saturday morning, Beryl was centered in the Gulf of Mexico. Once a powerful Cat 5 hurricane, the storm emerged from its trek across the Yucatan as a tropical storm. However, it will likely re-intensify into a hurricane just before making landfall. The storm is about to enter an […]

The post Beryl Update, Saturday AM appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 5, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Where HCFCD Spending Goes

Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) spending data obtained via a Freedom of Information Act Request shows that countywide: For details, see below. Modest Rebound Compared to 1Q24 The chart below shows HCFCD spending in 27 quarters since Hurricane Harvey. It shows a dramatic uptick between 2018 and 2021, followed by an even more dramatic […]

The post Where HCFCD Spending Goes appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 3, 2024 Reduce Flooding

How May 2024 Flood Compared to Harvey

Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) briefed the County’s Community Resilience Flood Task Force on how the extent of the May 2024 flood compared to Hurricane Harvey. In places, inundation matched Harvey. And in others it came close or fell short. See the inundation map below. In my opinion, it dramatizes three things: Anytime As […]

The post How May 2024 Flood Compared to Harvey appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 2, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Beryl Becomes Earliest Cat 5 Hurricane Ever

7/2/24 – Beryl has become an incredibly intense hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 165 MPH and a central pressure of 935mb. See this Infrared Satellite Loop at Tropical Tidbits. This is an unprecedented hurricane event for July. According to Harris County Meteorologist Jeff Lindner, Beryl is the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record since 1851. […]

The post Beryl Becomes Earliest Cat 5 Hurricane Ever appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

July 1, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Third Named Storm Puts 2024 Hurricane Season a Month Ahead

7/1/24. – Last night, Tropical Storm Chris became the third named storm of the 2024 hurricane season. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the third named storm usually doesn’t happen until August. That puts the current hurricane season well ahead of the 30-year average for the Atlantic Basin. Climatology Data from NHC Data from […]

The post Third Named Storm Puts 2024 Hurricane Season a Month Ahead appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

News

June 30, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Beryl Goes from Tropical Storm to Cat 4 in One Day

6/30/24, 4 PM – Beryl intensified from a tropical storm yesterday morning to a category 4 hurricane with 130 mph winds this afternoon. Elsewhere, Tropical Depression #3 has formed in the Bay of Campeche. NHC predicts it will become a tropical storm by tonight and make landfall near where Alberto did in Mexico less than […]

The post Beryl Goes from Tropical Storm to Cat 4 in One Day appeared first on Reduce Flooding.