Harris County offers an interactive flood map to help homebuyers assess flood risks. HOUSTON — As the Bayou City dries out from the latest round of heavy rain, experts are reminding residents and ...

The new floodplain maps for Harris County — originally set to be released in late 2022, but now expected in late this summer at the earliest — will be FEMA's first maps to depict urban flooding.

A massive overhaul of Harris County's floodplain maps has been in the works for years, but its release to the public remains uncertain over a year after its projected release date.

Harris County's flood plain maps will be thoroughly updated for the first time in nearly three decades, officials announced Wednesday. The three-year, $16.5 million project was prompted by June's ...

Harris County has earmarked $14.5 million for updated flood plain maps more than a year after deluges from Hurricane Harvey swamped parts of Houston.

Harris County maps have not been overhauled since 2007. News. ... On the new maps, Harris County's 100-year floodplain is expected to increase from around 150,000 acres to 200,000 acres, ...

An environmental group's lawsuit threatens to derail, at least temporarily, the five-year remapping of Harris County's flood plains, and rhetoric is rising on both sides. Although the Sierra Club ...

Despite living in high-risk flood zones, less than 25% of homeowners in Harris County carry flood insurance, leaving many ...

The next flood threat will come with warning. A system of gages mix radar and shoreline equipment along every Harris County Bayou and creek to measure water levels and feed the data to map makers ...

Harris County says it has run out of money to fully fund flood control projects. They were promised in a 2018 bond.

KINGWOOD, Texas (KTRK) -- Some Kingwood neighbors believe a new Harris County flood map is misleading and are worried about what it could mean for future flood mitigation projects.

Some Kingwood neighbors believe a new Harris County flood map is misleading and are worried about what it could mean for future flood mitigation projects. For Kingwood neighbors living near the ...