Since Hurricane Harvey, over 65,000 new properties have been built in official flood zones across the region. Here are five ...

Over 65,000 new properties have been developed in Greater Houston floodplains since Harvey. Experts say reversing the trend will take more consistent rules.

The Chronicle investigations team had impact in Texas Lottery regulation, flood safety measures in Kerr County, and the future of NRG Park.

After the $160 million Lake Houston Dam Spillway Improvement Project was delayed until at least summer 2028, Coastal Water Authority officials are looking to make repairs to the existing dam structure ...

Early in the budget process, county officials projected a $200 million-plus shortfall in FY 2025-26, and over the last eight months leading up to the September budget adoption, commissioners and ...

The map pulses with disturbing detail: the blue lines pressing inland, engulfing familiar towns, marshlands, and wildlife ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- Montgomery County commissioners approved two extension requests Dec. 16 tied to disaster recovery grants used for buyout projects stemming from Hurricane Harvey and the ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that the government is liable for damage to homes that flooded upstream of the Addicks and ...

The court stated that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “was aware or should have been aware” that the Addicks and Barker dams ...

The ruling Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which held that the federal government is liable for flood damage caused by Harvey in 2017, applies directly to six test cases ...

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