10/19/26 – Update includes several changes to text to clarify origin and status of $113 million. See GLO clarification at bottom of post. 10/16/26 – GLO Commissioner Dawn Buckingham says she is moving ...

7/10/2026 – The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has published a Draft Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Guide for Flood Resilience in Texas. It’s one of a number of documents in development for the ...

Days since Hurricane Harvey. So, this seems like an opportunity to look back at what we have learned about flooding and flood ...

Harris County Commissioners will consider 44 items on their 10/15/26 agenda this week from the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD).

Harris County Commissioners Court will consider approving a $5 million grant from TWDB for drainage improvements to the ...

12/17/25 – This morning, Houston City Council unanimously passed a motion opposing development on 5,000 acres owned by Scarborough Lane Development/San Jacinto Preserve immediately west of Kingwood at ...

2/27/26 – Within the next week, Northpark Drive expansion contractors will likely start paving the last sections of surface road across the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494. The completion of ...

This morning, Hurricane Isaias intensified into a major Category 3 Hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph. Isaias should ...

After a life measured in days, Hurricane Isaias went from an area of low pressure in the Bay of Campeche to a killer, Cat 3 hurricane to a post-tropical storm now causing flash flooding in the ...

At 4 am CDT today, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Isaias had intensified into a hurricane overnight. NHC expects winds to increase to near major ...