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Half of FEMA-Funded Buyouts Take More Than 5 Years

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:51:49 +0000

11/19/2024 – The time to fully complete half of all FEMA-funded buyouts takes more than five years from disaster to closeout. The screen capture below was taken from a presentation earlier this month to the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force by Thao Costis, head of Harris County’s Housing and Community Development Department. The […]

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What Can Be Done to Reduce Flood Risk?

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:27:41 +0000

Flood-control experts have many tools in their tool chests to reduce flood risk. They include: I’m sure more techniques exist. But those represent the big categories. Complex Decisions Involving Many Factors No one tool works for all situations. And many of the tools that reduce flood risk fly in the face of other human values. […]

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Flooded 3 Times in 7 Years in 500-Year Floodplain, But No Buyout

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 19 May 2024 00:28:08 +0000

Daniel and Kathleen Moore live with their 8-month old baby near the East Fork San Jacinto in Montgomery County. The young couple desperately wants a buyout after their house on Idle Glen in New Caney flooded three times in seven years. But no buyout is in sight. When they bought the home, they were told […]

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HCFCD Spending Slows; More Went to Buyouts than Flood Reduction

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:54:32 +0000

Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) released its November report on Flood-Bond progress to Commissioners Court yesterday. The report covered through October 2022. I had two major take-aways: The major announcement: the District advertised bids for the construction of a stormwater detention basin in Inwood Forest. The project encompasses property owned by the City of […]

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November Flood-News Roundup

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:41:55 +0000

Below is a roundup of flood news this week – seven quick stories. Montgomery County Buyout Deadline Fast Approaching The deadline for the current round of buyout applications in Montgomery County is November 30, 2022. The Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management still has money left in a Community Development Block Grant […]

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Harvey: A 5-Year Flood-Mitigation Report Card

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 03:09:38 +0000

Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. Many in the Lake Houston Area have asked, “Are we safer now?” The answer is yes, but we have a long way to go to achieve all our goals. Here’s a five-year flood-mitigation report card. It describes what we have and haven’t accomplished in 29 areas. So […]

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Forest Cove Townhome Complex Ready for Demolition

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 01:09:27 +0000

Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has completed condemnation proceedings on the last unit in another townhome complex on Marina Drive in Forest Cove. They will schedule the units for demolition as early as next week. Hurricane Harvey destroyed the units so completely that FEMA made them the centerpiece of a video after Harvey. Since […]

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Montgomery County Holding Three Meetings for Flood Victims Interested in Buyouts

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 23:41:46 +0000

Morgan Lumbley, Montgomery County’s Disaster Recovery Manager, will hold community outreach meetings in Spring, Conroe and Splendora in the next 10 days to explain buyout options for flood victims. See specifics about times, dates and places in the poster below. The primary purpose of the meetings will be to explain FEMA’s 2021 Flood Mitigation Assistance […]

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‘Sitting time bomb’: Turner says buyouts may be solution for residents near Fifth Ward creosote site

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Sandra Edwards is in the middle of trying to fix her home, which was damaged during Hurricane Harvey, and decided

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TWDB To Vote on Accepting $63.6 million in FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:19:08 +0000

In its October 7, 2021, board meeting, Texas Water Development Board members will vote on whether to accept $63.6 million in FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants. The federal funding comes with some strings attached: a $10.23 million local match. For this round of funding, the TWDB selected 19 sub-applications from local government entities. After screening, […]

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MoCo Couple That Flooded 13 Times in 11 Years Finally Gets a Buyout

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 01:39:19 +0000

I first interviewed Tammy Gunnels and her husband Ronnie almost three years ago. They had flooded ten times at that point even though they weren’t in a flood zone. The Gunnels are devout people and prayed for a buyout. Today, their prayers were answered. Here is the story of how their faith and persistence paid […]

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January Digest of Flood-Related News in Lake Houston Area

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:35:23 +0000

From construction developments to political developments, here’s your January digest of ten stories that could affect flooding or flood mitigation in the Lake Houston Area. 1. New Caney ISD High School #3 This site is located between Sorters-McClellan Road and US59 south of the HCA Kingwood Medical Center. New Caney ISD is building a new […]

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A more resilient Houston hinges on buyouts, clean energy and more housing, new city plan says

Houston - Community Impact Newspaper — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:15:00 +0000

Houston officials announced a series of longterm goals aimed at making Houston more resilient over the next 30 years.

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Buyouts, street redesign, more greenspace: new report outlines strategies to limit Houston’s flood risk

Houston - Community Impact Newspaper — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:56:00 +0000

Dutch flood mitigation experts partnered with Houston city officials and nonprofit leaders to study flood-risk strategies for the city.

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Pearland receives funds for Hurricane Harvey buyouts

Haley Morrison — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:26:00 +0000

Pearland City Council approved accepting a little over $5 million of federal and local dollars to buy out properties damaged in from Hurricane Harvey at its Dec. 16 meeting.

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