Sep 15 Watch 4:58 Are insurers prepared to cover damage from Florence? By PBS News Hour Even as development continues near the coasts, some national home insurance companies are pulling away from those areas, leaving home and business owners to rely on government-subsidized flood insurance. But the potential damage from Tropical Storm Florence may require additional… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch 6:47 This family’s hurricane tragedy highlights 911-system problems When Hurricane Harvey hit with a fury not seen along the Gulf Coast in more than a decade, flooded roads stranded tens of thousands of people, including Wayne and Casey Dailey and their two sons. Their tragic ordeal is detailed… Continue watching
Aug 24 How Hurricane Lane’s torrential rain mirrors Hurricane Harvey By Nsikan Akpan Hurricane Lane’s rains call to mind the downpour of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas a year ago Saturday. But the hurricanes are likely to have two very different outcomes. Continue reading
Jul 31 Senate votes to extend flood insurance program by four months By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Senate voted Tuesday to extend for four months the program that provides flood insurance for nearly 5 million homeowners and business owners. Continue reading
Jun 01 The 2018 hurricane season has begun. Here’s what to expect By Michael Rios What we know about the upcoming hurricane season, and how states -- some of which are still recovering from last year's record storms -- are preparing. Continue reading
Mar 24 7 months after Harvey, flood-control projects’ fate unclear By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston's flooding woes went to the top of the area's to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation's fourth-largest city. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 8:20 Can Houston prevent disaster when the next storm comes? By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson, Gretchen Frazee Houston, known as the Bayou City, is no stranger to flooding. But the record-breaking rains and devastating deluge of Hurricane Harvey helped expose a disconnect between developers building on flood-vulnerable land and home buyers who might not have realized the… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 9:07 How decades of Houston development add up to rising flood risk By Hari Sreenivasan, Frank Carlson, Gretchen Frazee Houston is 627 square miles of urban development, highways, office parks, strip malls and neighborhoods -- and it keeps growing farther and farther out. Five months ago, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Texas coast, dropping more than 50 inches of rain… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 8:36 Thousands of Texans are still in temporary housing awaiting Hurricane Harvey aid By PBS News Hour Five months after Hurricane Harvey tore through Houston with record rainfall and 130 mph winds, 33,000 Texans are still displaced and living in temporary federal housing. Meanwhile, 80 percent of hurricane victims did not have flood insurance, and for many,… Continue watching
Jan 17 5 months after Hurricane Harvey, here are 5 ways to keep helping By Gretchen Frazee Thousands are without permanent housing. Many more are repairing their homes. Businesses are shuttered and, in some towns, debris still lines the streets. Continue reading