George P. Bush Tapped to Oversee $4B Texas Disaster Mitigation Plan October 10, 2019 Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and the Texas General Land Office have been appointed to lead a comprehensive resiliency...
Weakened Imelda Aims Foot or More of Rain at Flood-Prone Houston September 18, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Imelda has lost some of its wind power, but continues to pour rain down on the U.S. Gulf...
New Texas Law Requires Home Sellers to Reveal More About Flood History, Risks August 27, 2019 By Lara Korte, The Texas Tribune and Connie Hanzhang Jin, The Texas Tribune When Hurricane Harvey’s devastating rains began overwhelming the Houston area, Donna and George Duggan didn’t immediately evacuate their Katy home....
2 Years After Harvey, Houston Getting Initial Millions for Flood Control August 5, 2019 Houston will receive more than $7 million in grants as initial funding for a pair of flood control projects nearly...
Texas Windstorm Insurer: Rate Inadequacy Up Year Over Year July 29, 2019 In advance of its Aug. 6 board meeting in Galveston, the insurer of last resort for wind and hail in...
Post-Harvey Flood Mitigation Effort Ongoing in Dickinson, Texas July 29, 2019 Crews are working to unclog tributaries and bayous snaking through Dickinson to reduce the risk of flooding nearly two years...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Funded at $4.2 Billion for 2019 Hurricane Season June 24, 2019 Texas’ insurer of last resort for properties in counties along the state’s coastline says it has $4.2 billion in available...
Ghost of Harvey Looms Large as 2019 Hurricane Season Gets Underway June 21, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones Compared with 2017, last year’s hurricane season was a relatively quiet one for the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Withdraws 10% Rate Increase Filing May 28, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast voted at a May 24, 2019,...
Cost of Flood-Prone Home Buyouts in Missouri, Elsewhere: $5B and Rising May 23, 2019 By David A. Lieb The residents of the small riverside town of Mosby, Missouri, have become accustomed to watching floods swamp their streets, transform...