Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stalled car is seen in flood water near North Park Drive after severe flooding on May 2, 2024, in Kingwood. Harris County ...

A federal appeals court has ruled the U.S. government is liable for Hurricane Harvey's flood damage to homes located upstream of Houston's Addicks and Barker dams in 2017. Attorneys for the homeowners ...

Regarding "65K new Houston-area properties built in floodplains since Harvey,” (Sept. 19): The Houston Chronicle recently highlighted concerns about homebuilding in floodplains but overlooked key ...

Looming deadlines could put as much as $660 million in federal Hurricane Harvey recovery funding for Harris County flood ...

The ruling came in a lawsuit from a group of homeowners and could be appealed. An estimated 14,000 homes were inside the Addicks and Barker reservoirs when Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain in ...

Over the last decade, Houston’s suburbs have continued to expand, attracting families seeking more space and relative affordability, but much of that growth has pushed into flood-prone land. A Houston ...

Voters in Houston and its surrounding county marked the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by approving the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds to fund flood-control projects that might ...

Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, the city still awaits a comprehensive flood protection system. The local flood control district ...

HOUSTON — There is new hope for some Houston-area homeowners whose properties flooded during Hurricane Harvey. A federal appeals court ruled this week that the U.S. government is liable for flood ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- As the Houston area is battered by unprecedented rainfall and flooding, there have been a couple peeks of sunshine in the midst of the devastating Harvey. Video posted on Facebook ...

Dr. Ivis García has received funding from the National Science Foundation; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Institute for ...