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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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Five years after Harvey, a solution to the flood threat from the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs remains a long way off

Andrew Schneider

Posted on August 9, 2022 · The most popular solution to the flooding threat from the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs is a massive underground stormwater tunnel. It would cost billions of dollars and remains more than a decade away from the start of construction.

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Fort Bend County hosts emergency preparedness meeting

Matthew Thomas

Posted on August 8, 2022 · Participants can get a free hurricane kit for attending.

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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey

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Trailer: Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey

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Posted on August 1, 2022 · The Houston Public Media Newsroom is producing a new podcast about the long-term effects of one of Houston's biggest disasters, coming August 2nd, 2022.

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U.S. Senate approves “Ike Dike” plan to protect Houston area from hurricanes

Ariel Worthy

Posted on July 28, 2022 · Gates would be built across the coast of Galveston Bay and moved into place before hurricanes hit to block water from going up the Houston Ship Channel and flooding homes. 

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Hurricane Ida Strikes Louisiana; New Orleans Hunkers Down

Kevin McGill, AP / Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Posted on August 26, 2021 · The Category 4 storm hit Sunday with winds of 150 mph. It was the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

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Southern Baptists Combat Sex Abuse As Critics Rally

Jay Reeves, Associated Press / DAVID CRARY/ AP

Posted on June 12, 2019 · Pressure on the SBC has intensified in recent months due in part to articles by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.

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UPDATE: Bus Driver’s Autopsy Report Could Help Explain Deadly Bus Crash Involving Students From Channelview ISD

Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Posted on March 14, 2018 · Investigators on Wednesday will try to determine what caused a charter bus carrying band students from a Houston-area high school to veer off Interstate 10 in Alabama

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Across The South, It’s Snow, Ice And Record-Breaking Cold

Jay Reeves, Associated Press / JANELLE COGAN, AP

Posted on January 17, 2018 · Officials urged people to stay off the roads if possible, and to bundle up if they ventured outside

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Church members gather to pray around flood victim Carlos Ochoa during Sunday service in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, in Humble, Texas. The church building was flooded with two feet of water from Hurricane Harvey prompting services to be held in the parking lot for about 2,000 people.

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New Floods Possible In West Houston Amid Harvey Recovery

Jay Reeves, Associated Press / Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

Posted on September 3, 2017 · Authorities went door-to-door Sunday in parts of storm-battered Houston, warning that more flooding was coming.

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