HOUSTON (AP) — After the floodwaters earlier this month just about swallowed two of the six homes that 60-year-old Tom Madigan owns on the San Jacinto River, he didn’t think twice about whether to fix them. He hired people to help, and they got to work stripping the walls, pulling up flooring and throwing out water-logged furniture.
What Madigan didn’t know: The Harris County Flood Control District wants to buy his properties as part of an effort to get people out of dangerously flood-prone areas.
Back-to-back storms drenched southeast Texas in late April and early May, causing flash flooding and pushing rivers out of their banks and into low-lying neighborhoods. Officials across the region urged people in vulnerable areas to evacuate.
Like Madigan’s, some places that were inundated along the San Jacinto in Harris County have flooded repeatedly. And for nearly 30 years, the flood control district has been trying to clear out homes around the river by paying property owners to move, then returning the lots to nature.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
A sellout WNBA exhibition game? Welcome to the Caitlin Clark eraSaudi Arabia to launch multiPirates activate C Yasmani Grandal and send struggling C Henry Davis back to the minorsBystander livestreams during Charlotte standoff show an everTwins put Buxton on injured list with inflammation in troublesome knee; antsy Lewis still rehabbingFulton County officials say by law they don't control Fani Willis' spending in Trump caseKyle Walker is welcomed back to £3.5million home he shares with Annie KilnerHeartbreak as Arizona father finds threeFormer security guard Jake Knapp leads the Byron Nelson after 2 roundsCEO of hair loss company HIMS sparks outrage and a boycott by offering campus protesters jobs
3.0188s , 6496.0390625 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by The government wants to buy their flood ,Worldly Wisdom news portal