As hurricane season begins, flood preparedness is once again top of mind for many Harris County residents. The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through November 30, and even a quiet season can bring dangerous rainfall, street flooding, and rising water in bayous and creeks.
This year, preparedness also includes a new resource:…
The Harris County Flood Control District highlighted visible progress this morning on the Greens Mid-Reach Channel Conveyance Improvements Project near Aldine Westfield Road.
The project is part of the larger Greens Bayou Mid-Reach Program, a long-term effort to reduce flood risk in the Greens Bayou watershed. The work will help increase the amount of stormwater…
La Porte’s Brookglen community marked an important milestone this week as Phase 2 of the Brookglen Stormwater Detention Basin project officially broke ground. The Harris County Flood Control District, Harris County Precinct 2, the Texas General Land Office, local community leaders, and the Brookglen Homeowners Association came together to celebrate progress on a project designed…
After a brief break from active weather, showers and thunderstorms are expected to return tonight and continue into Wednesday across the Houston region.
A strong weather disturbance moving across Texas from the west is expected to bring a line of showers and thunderstorms into Southeast Texas during the evening and overnight hours. Forecast models still…
A wetter and stormier weather pattern is expected to develop across much of Texas beginning midweek and continuing into the Memorial Day weekend.
The main concerns include heavy rainfall, flash flooding, and the potential for some severe thunderstorms. Forecast rainfall totals over the next seven days show widespread rain across the state, with much of…
This week, Harris County Commissioners Court received a project status update from the Harris County Flood Control District on federally funded flood mitigation efforts tied to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) programs.
During the discussion, Flood Control District Executive Director Dr. Tina Petersen noted that…
Harris County residents will soon have a clearer way to follow the progress of federally funded flood mitigation projects.
Following recent public discussion about Community Development Block Grant funded projects, Harris County Commissioners Court requested expanded monthly reporting to provide more detailed project-level information. The new reports are intended to provide more consistent project-level visibility…
This week’s Harris County Commissioners Court agenda includes several items that would advance flood mitigation and resilience projects across the county, including construction awards, project updates, substantial completion milestones, and infrastructure investments tied to federal and local flood mitigation programs. Together, these items reflect multiple projects moving through different phases of implementation, from procurement and…
During a recent interview, Emily Woodell, Chief External Affairs Officer at the Harris County Flood Control District, discussed how federally funded flood mitigation projects across Harris County are beginning to move into construction.
“One of the big programs that we have going on right now is the CDBG program,” Woodell said. “That’s Community Development Block…
As hurricane season approaches, the Harris County Flood Control District is continuing work on major flood risk reduction projects across the region. During an interview this morning with FOX 26, Dr. Tina Petersen, Executive Director of the Flood Control District, discussed the progress being made on federally funded flood mitigation projects, the challenges involved in…
