James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...

Languages: English. As heavy rain and thunderstorms rumble across the South, a swath of Northeastern Texas has been placed on alert for flooding. Flood Watches and Flash Flood Warnings have been ...

Most lenders will require mortgage holders to buy flood insurance under the new maps, even if the home wasn't in a flood zone when it was ... effective date of the map change," it says.

HOUSTON — With more rain in the forecast, we're monitoring certain areas in Southeast Texas that could ... using the Harris County Flood Control District's interactive map.

Travis County's was last updated in 2008, and Austin approved the latest map in 2019. It’s up to communities to manage floodplains. The Texas Water ... a high-risk flood zone.

More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible to flooding, according to a draft of the state's first-ever flood plan. The plan by the Texas ...