flooding - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/flooding/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:44:01 +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 flooding - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/flooding/ 32 32 103504436 What Have We Accomplished and Learned in 3000 Days Since Harvey? https://houstonnewmedia.org/what-have-we-accomplished-and-learned-in-3000-days-since-harvey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-have-we-accomplished-and-learned-in-3000-days-since-harvey Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:44:01 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54529 11/15/2025 – Today marks 3000 days since Hurricane Harvey – 8.2 years. In that time, I’ve researched and written 2,941 articles about flooding that have been read 2,737,740 times. Those articles contained 1,989,909 words (not counting this one). That roughly equals 25 novels. I’ve also shot 63,526 photos to support that work. Before I run […]

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]]> 1064375 100-Year Floodplains Doubling in Size, But HCFCD Won’t Release New Maps https://houstonnewmedia.org/100-year-floodplains-doubling-in-size-but-hcfcd-wont-release-new-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-year-floodplains-doubling-in-size-but-hcfcd-wont-release-new-maps Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:59:48 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54470 11/10/25 – The Texas Water Development Board’s San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group will meet on Thursday, November 13, to consider adopting a technical memorandum that shows the river basin’s 100-year floodplains more than doubling in size. However, even though the group acknowledges the superiority of Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) MAAPnext floodplain models, […]

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]]> 1060783 New Feature on ReduceFlooding.com https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-feature-on-reduceflooding-com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-feature-on-reduceflooding-com Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:32:45 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54459 11/9/2025 – In a continuing effort to make ReduceFlooding.com as useful to readers as possible, I have added a new tab on the Reports Page. It’s called Real-Time Conditions and Floodplain Extents. The information on this page comes from national, state and local sources. On one page, you can find numerous links to sources that […]

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]]> 1060235 How Could Hurricane Melissa Get So Strong So Late in the Season? https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-could-hurricane-melissa-get-so-strong-so-late-in-the-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-could-hurricane-melissa-get-so-strong-so-late-in-the-season Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:30:04 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54327 11/2/25 – Hurricane Melissa disappeared off the tracking charts yesterday. And when it did, one of the most powerful storms in recorded history went into the history books. Many things made Melissa unusual and stunned meteorologists. They included the storm’s deep pressure, high winds, rapid intensification, death toll, destruction, and its timing within the hurricane […]

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]]> 1056897 Evolution of Harris County Flood-Project Prioritization https://houstonnewmedia.org/evolution-of-harris-county-flood-project-prioritization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evolution-of-harris-county-flood-project-prioritization Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:22:31 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54314 11/1/2025 – On 10/28/25, members of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force received a brief presentation about how flood-mitigation projects get prioritized by Harris County. Below are several key slides from “Overview & History of the 2018 Bond Program’s Prioritization Framework.” How Prioritization Started Before the 2018 bond election on the anniversary of […]

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]]> 1056342 Contractors Start Northpark Junction Boxes Next to Railroad Tracks https://houstonnewmedia.org/contractors-start-northpark-junction-boxes-next-to-railroad-tracks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contractors-start-northpark-junction-boxes-next-to-railroad-tracks Thu, 30 Oct 2025 02:21:02 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54265 10/29/25 – Contractors have begun placing rebar and pouring concrete for two giant, cast-in-place junction boxes on either side of the UnionPacific Railroad tracks that cross Northpark Drive. The junction boxes will connect drainage systems on both sides of the tracks. Construction Roadblocks Eliminated Unanticipated utility conflicts held up drainage work for months. And the […]

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]]> 1054114 Water main break causing flooding along Houston freeway – YouTube https://houstonnewmedia.org/water-main-break-causing-flooding-along-houston-freeway-youtube/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-main-break-causing-flooding-along-houston-freeway-youtube Sat, 18 Oct 2025 02:32:47 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=7a3ad9591fee226105f359dc3f91d81c ... New 100K views · 1:50 · Go to channel. Missouri City neighborhood hit by reckless rock attacks on parked cars. KPRC 2 Click2Houston New 559 views · 21 ...

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]]> 1047093 Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December https://houstonnewmedia.org/work-on-northpark-bridge-could-start-as-early-as-december/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=work-on-northpark-bridge-could-start-as-early-as-december Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:03:40 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53976 10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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]]> 1042309 Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December https://houstonnewmedia.org/work-on-northpark-bridge-could-start-as-early-as-december/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=work-on-northpark-bridge-could-start-as-early-as-december Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:03:40 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53976 10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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]]> 1042310 Outlines of Full Northpark Expansion Now Visible https://houstonnewmedia.org/outlines-of-full-northpark-expansion-now-visible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outlines-of-full-northpark-expansion-now-visible Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:34:21 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53770 9/28/25 – The final outlines of the Northpark expansion project are now fully visible – much like a skyscraper after being framed out (except Northpark is horizontal). Even though all the concrete is not yet poured, yesterday, I saw for the first time what ten lanes will look like. For most of its length, Northpark […]

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]]> 1032641 Small Success in the Fight Against Flooding Sets Good Example https://houstonnewmedia.org/small-success-in-the-fight-against-flooding-sets-good-example/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=small-success-in-the-fight-against-flooding-sets-good-example Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:23:21 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53538 9/11/25 – In the fight against flooding, success is not always defined by grand infrastructure projects costing tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Sometimes flood risk can be reduced by simple maintenance. The ditch west of Kingwood High School that parallels Valley Manor Drive is an example. Culverts under Kingwood Drive had become badly […]

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]]> 1025302 Major Causes of Northpark Project Slowdown Being Removed https://houstonnewmedia.org/major-causes-of-northpark-project-slowdown-being-removed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=major-causes-of-northpark-project-slowdown-being-removed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:55:22 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53527 9/10/25 – Ralph DeLeon, Northpark project manager, had good news to share this afternoon. Two out-of-place water lines that have slowed the Northpark expansion project for months are finally being moved out of the way. Construction crews discovered the out-of-place pipelines during the boring operation under the UnionPacific Railroad tracks back in July. Contractors were […]

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]]> 1024743 Northpark Drive Lane Switches Scheduled for This Week https://houstonnewmedia.org/northpark-drive-lane-switches-scheduled-for-this-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=northpark-drive-lane-switches-scheduled-for-this-week Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:06:57 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53487 9/8/25 – In the quest to build an all-weather evacuation route from Kingwood, contractors for the Northpark Drive expansion project will switch traffic to accommodate new phases of construction. Two Four-Month-Long Traffic Switches This Week According the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority website: Both switches are east of the railroad tracks. See below. During this phase […]

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]]> 1023454 Protesters Disrupt Crenshaw Town Hall in Kingwood on Harvey’s 8th Anniversary https://houstonnewmedia.org/protesters-disrupt-crenshaw-town-hall-in-kingwood-on-harveys-8th-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protesters-disrupt-crenshaw-town-hall-in-kingwood-on-harveys-8th-anniversary Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:16:03 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53357 8/30/25 – On the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, more than 400 residents crowded into the Kingwood Community Center to hear Congressman Dan Crenshaw talk. Unfortunately, a group of unruly agitators wouldn’t let the Congressman speak about flood mitigation to an audience whose lives had been upended by flooding. They kept shouting questions about random, […]

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]]> 1017726 Hurricane Stats for Gulf Coast and Texas Going Back to 1850 https://houstonnewmedia.org/hurricane-stats-for-gulf-coast-and-texas-going-back-to-1850/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurricane-stats-for-gulf-coast-and-texas-going-back-to-1850 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 23:46:13 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53317 8/27/2025 – This week marks the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Harvey and the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – two of the most destructive storms in recent American history. So I wanted to see what the hurricane stats tell us about this part of the hurricane season as far back as we can reliably see. […]

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]]> 1015544 Northpark Shaping Up https://houstonnewmedia.org/northpark-shaping-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=northpark-shaping-up Mon, 25 Aug 2025 23:25:47 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53275 8/25/25 – For the first time since authorities broke ground for the Northpark expansion project in April 2023, it’s possible to clearly see the outlines of the finished project on the ground. The first all-weather evacuation route from Kingwood is shaping up nicely. For the most part, contractors have straightened out the zigs and zags. […]

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]]> 1013921 Massive Sand-Mine Breach Empties Hundreds of Acre-Feet into West Fork https://houstonnewmedia.org/massive-sand-mine-breach-empties-hundreds-of-acre-feet-into-west-fork/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=massive-sand-mine-breach-empties-hundreds-of-acre-feet-into-west-fork Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:13:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53250 8/24/25 – The abandoned Hanson Aggregate sand-mine on the San Jacinto West Fork had a massive breach of its northern dike this evening – unrelated to weather. According to the Montgomery County Appraisal District, Heidelberg Materials Southwest AGG LLC now owns the property where the breach occurred. Breach Discovered Shortly after 6PM on 8/24/25 A […]

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]]> 1013398 Need for Performance Audits To Ensure Timely Flood-Plan Implementation https://houstonnewmedia.org/need-for-performance-audits-to-ensure-timely-flood-plan-implementation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=need-for-performance-audits-to-ensure-timely-flood-plan-implementation Thu, 21 Aug 2025 02:43:18 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53186 8/20/25 – Everyone understands the need for financial audits; they prevent fraud. But what about performance audits? They can prevent waste. Yet how many government agencies routinely audit the implementation of plans they adopt? Vermont Failed to Implement Half of Priorities in Emergency Plan In Vermont last year, the state audited its performance in achieving […]

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]]> 1010642 Houston-Region Groundwater, Subsidence Studies Reveal Stunning Facts https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-region-groundwater-subsidence-studies-reveal-stunning-facts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-region-groundwater-subsidence-studies-reveal-stunning-facts Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:10:06 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53051 8/17/2025 – Three scientists have summarized more than 100 years of studies about the relationship of groundwater and land subsidence in the Houston region. The study’s title: “A Century (1906-2024) of Groundwater and Land Subsidence Studies in Greater Houston Region: A Review.” The review revealed some stunning facts about past groundwater management practices in the […]

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]]> 1008478 SJRA Calls Special Board Meeting to Discuss Settlement of 9-Year-Old Lawsuit https://houstonnewmedia.org/sjra-calls-special-board-meeting-to-discuss-settlement-of-9-year-old-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sjra-calls-special-board-meeting-to-discuss-settlement-of-9-year-old-lawsuit Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:06:56 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53042 8/12/2025 – The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) will hold a special meeting of its board of directors on Friday, August 15, 2025, at 10 AM. It will be held at the SJRA’s Administration building at 1577 Dam Site Road, Conroe, TX. Directors will consider one item in executive session – settlement of its lawsuit […]

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