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Pace of Harris County home buyouts slower than hoped for after Hurricane Harvey

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Pace of Harris County home buyouts slower than hoped for after Hurricane Harvey

From Houston Public Media: On a hot day in July, a small audience of cars appeared camped out across the street from a demolition site. Local residents were there to bear witness to a highly anticipated event in South Kingwood: the last of the Forest Cove Townhomes were getting knocked down. For the past five years, a complex of townhomes has sat empty and ramshackled after getting slammed with stormwater following Hurricane Harvey. According to…

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Five years after Hurricane Harvey | Port Aransas business owner talks about the recovery

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Five years after Hurricane Harvey | Port Aransas business owner talks about the recovery

The hurricane tied Katrina for the costliest hurricane on record, $125 billion dollars. PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Five years ago on Thursday, August 25, a tropical depression would explode rapidly, turning into a major Category 4 hurricane known as Harvey. Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the Texas coast. causing catastrophic flooding, and more than 100 deaths It cost $125 billion dollars in damage, tying Katrina for the costliest hurricane on record. Coastal communities were devastated as…

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Five years after Hurricane Harvey | We check in with a Port Aransas business owner to see if she rebuilt

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Five years after Hurricane Harvey | We check in with a Port Aransas business owner to see if she rebuilt

The hurricane tied Katrina for the costliest hurricane on record, $125 billion dollars. PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Five years ago on Thursday, August 25, a tropical depression would explode rapidly, turning into a major Category 4 hurricane known as Harvey. Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the Texas coast. causing catastrophic flooding, and more than 100 deaths It cost $125 billion dollars in damage, tying Katrina for the costliest hurricane on record. Coastal communities were devastated as…

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Scattered downpours continue across the Houston area | Flash Flood Warning for Austin, Colorado counties

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Scattered downpours continue across the Houston area | Flash Flood Warning for Austin, Colorado counties

HOUSTON — There is a Flash Flood Warning for Austin and Colorado counties until 9:15 a.m. A stalled frontal boundary will act as a focal point for developing storms with heavy, tropical downpours over the next two days. On average we should pick up 0.5″ to 1.5″ of rain. We will see the chance for these downpours through the early evening.  There is the threat of these storms producing flooding especially if they track slowly…

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Austin Watershed monitoring flooding hotspots as scattered rain remains in the forecast

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Austin Watershed monitoring flooding hotspots as scattered rain remains in the forecast

Shoal Creek flooded on Monday. As the water receded, Austin Watershed leaders noted which areas took on too much water. AUSTIN, Texas — As the flood waters of Monday receded, the Austin Watershed Protection Department said it was prepared for the heavy downpour. “We have droughts that are interrupted by floods like the one we had yesterday, but luckily it was a fairly manageable flood. We were ready for it,” Scott Prinsen, the program manager…

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Katy-area neighborhood residents doubt Clay Road will stop flooding after expansion

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Katy-area neighborhood residents doubt Clay Road will stop flooding after expansion

LakeHouse subdivision residents said they can’t leave their neighborhood when it rains. Local leaders said they’re doing what they can to make sure they can. WALLER COUNTY, Texas — Residents of the LakeHouse subdivision just outside Katy said they’re worried because, thanks to new construction on the one road leading in and out of their neighborhood, they get flooded in when it rains. RELATED: ‘It floods when the rains come’ | Katy-area residents say they’re…

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Concerns over Clay Road flooding remain among residents in Katy-area subdivision

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Concerns over Clay Road flooding remain among residents in Katy-area subdivision

LakeHouse subdivision residents said they can’t leave their neighborhood when it rains. Local leaders said they’re doing what they can to make sure they can. WALLER COUNTY, Texas — Residents of the LakeHouse subdivision just outside Katy said they’re worried because, thanks to new construction on the one road leading in and out of their neighborhood, they get flooded in when it rains. RELATED: ‘It floods when the rains come’ | Katy-area residents say they’re…

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Flood Watch cancelled, but scattered rain and storms possible throughout the week

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Flood Watch cancelled, but scattered rain and storms possible throughout the week

Rainfall will not be as widespread as Monday, but we still have the potential for some minor flooding with already saturated ground. AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Camp Mabry recorded a record 3.73 inches of rainfall on Monday. This was the fifth highest August rain total on record. The last time we received more rainfall than this in a single day at the site was August 26, 2017 when a total of 5.08″ was measured. The excessive…

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Texans Helping Texans: Girl who helped other kids in Hurricane Harvey still giving back to her community

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Texans Helping Texans: Girl who helped other kids in Hurricane Harvey still giving back to her community

Five years ago, Lily, who was 8 years old at the time, was handing out toys she had collected for those in her community who lost everything. HOUSTON — One of the people who reached out to help victims of Hurricane Harvey was a little girl who made it her mission to help kids who lost everything. Five years later, she’s still giving back to her community. “We have all our stuffed animals,” said 13-year-old…

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Texans captured lighthearted rain, panicked flooding in TikTok videos

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Texans captured lighthearted rain, panicked flooding in TikTok videos

Most of North and Central Texas was hit with some version of rain in August after a little over a month or more of hot and dry weather. Texans took to TikTok to share their videos of elation, some joking about the rain finally showing up. But then the videos started to show up on TikTok this week as that rainwater couldn’t be absorbed into the drought-ridden ground fast enough. The videos started off lighthearted…

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Governor Abbott issues disaster declaration for counties impacted by flash flooding

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Governor Abbott issues disaster declaration for counties impacted by flash flooding

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Governor Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for the 23 counties that were impacted by the historic flooding this week.  Abbott held a press conference at Dallas City Hall on Aug. 23, providing an update on the state’s ongoing response to the severe weather and flash flooding.  In the span of 24 hours, North Texas got 9.19″ of rain. The record rainfall has deemed this August the wettest so far…

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NWS survey team confirms Winona tornado as EF-1

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NWS survey team confirms Winona tornado as EF-1

NWS said the tornado had wind speed of 95 mph. WINONA, Texas — The National Weather Service has confirmed the tornado that touched down in Winona Monday was an EF-1.  A team from NWS Shreveport came out to the Winona area Tuesday to survey damage after previously confirming a tornado touched down at the Winona High School football field Monday.  NWS said the tornado had wind speed of 95 mph.  The cyclone led to trees…

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