Current location:world >>
The government wants to buy their flood
world998People have gathered around
IntroductionHOUSTON (AP) — After the floodwaters earlier this month just about swallowed two of the six homes th ...
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.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Stellar Stories news portal”。http://samoa.brianlynch.org/article-46b199767.html
Related articles
Amir Khan's £11.5m luxury wedding venue finally hosts its first marriage: Bride arrives on horse
worldAmir Khan's £11.5million luxury wedding venue has finally hosted its first marriage after a series o ...
【world】
Read moreHow AI is facing its 'Oppenheimer moment'
worldRegulators have warned that AI is facing its 'Oppenheimer moment' and are urging humans to act befor ...
【world】
Read moreStarbucks lowers guidance, promises new drinks and deals after customer traffic fell in weak Q2
worldStarbucks lowered expectations for its full-year sales and profit Tuesday after a disastrous quarter ...
【world】
Read more
Popular articles
- Elon Musk gets approval from FDA to implant his Neuralink brain chip into a second patient
- Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77
- Nursery worker accused of killing a nine
- Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health
- Nadal returns to Roland Garros to practice amid doubts over fitness and form
- Lawmakers want the Chiefs and Royals to come to Kansas, but a stadium plan fizzled
Latest articles
Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership
Infielder Zack Short acquired by Red Sox from Mets for cash
How AI is facing its 'Oppenheimer moment'
Watch where you're going! Heart
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
Tottenham manager Postecoglou jokes he's moving to Sweden for a life without VAR
LINKS
- Holmstrom scores go
- John Mellencamp hits BACK after shock viral video showed him launch expletive
- How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 4/17/2024
- Golden Bachelor couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist reveal how her job impacted their marriage
- Prominent figure in German far
- Feud: Capote vs The Swans review
- Zelensky, European Council president hold phone talks over Ukraine's accession to EU
- Pamela Anderson lands starring role in The Naked Gun reboot alongside Liam Neeson
- George Soros drops $60 MILLION into Democrats' war chest
- Jennifer Lopez, 54, shares side