flood damage - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/flood-damage/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 07 May 2024 02:54:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 flood damage - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/flood-damage/ 32 32 103504436 Flood Damage Revealed as Waters Recede, Please Report It https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-damage-revealed-as-waters-recede-please-report-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-damage-revealed-as-waters-recede-please-report-it Tue, 07 May 2024 02:54:19 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=44786 5/6/2024 Part II – Flood damage to an unknown number of homes and businesses is being revealed around Lake Houston as waters recede. Most of the serious flood damage seems confined to low-lying homes around rivers and streams. As I drove around the headwaters of Lake Houston this afternoon from Kingwood to Huffman to Porter […]

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]]> 765233 Why So Much Flood Damage? https://houstonnewmedia.org/why-so-much-flood-damage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-so-much-flood-damage Sun, 19 Nov 2023 19:14:49 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42327 Part 1 of a three part series – We can’t stop flooding because we can’t control rainfall. But we can control flood damage – by regulating where and how we build. So, why do we experience so much flood damage? If our scientific and regulatory systems always worked, homes would never flood. But they do […]

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]]> 691613 Texas Ranks #2 in States with Most Flood Damage https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-ranks-2-in-states-with-most-flood-damage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-ranks-2-in-states-with-most-flood-damage Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:02:45 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=40872 It’s easy to forget flooding in the middle of a drought. But we should never forget that Texas ranks #2 in states with the most flood damage. This and other statistics below demonstrate why we shouldn’t become complacent. Different Measures, Similar Rankings Many ways exist to rank flood-prone areas and Texas ranks high on most […]

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