Northeast Harris County enhances flood protection with Phase 2 of the Lauder Detention Basin, adding capacity for 200 million ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston has cut its $320 million budget deficit by one-third after reaching a deal on a street and drainage lawsuit payout. On Tuesday, ...

"Let me set the record straight on HB 5177. This bill did NOT originate with the City of Houston. It came from the State of Texas-specifically, a state senator who filed a similar bill last ...

HOUSTON — City officials broke ground Friday on an $80 million project that is expected to better protect homes from flooding in parts of the northwest. The Inwood Forest Stormwater Detention ...

Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, has a serious flooding problem that could grow as climate change supercharges storms and intensifies rainfall. The Washington Post Beryl was more proof ...

Houston City Council was set to approve an $850,000 sexual misconduct settlement for former department employee Melinda Abbt, but the vote was delayed after Whitmire and the council sparred over ...

City Controller, Chris Hollins is sharing his side of the story after Houston Mayor John Whitmire held a news conference Thursday morning calling out suspected “pay to pay” conflicts for an ...

The city of Houston received $35 million in federal funding to install new gates on Lake Houston after Harvey. They’re still being designed. The goal is to allow for the lake level to be rapidly ...

But why has the city become America's flood capital? In April 2016 "historic" flooding hit Houston , with 17.6in (44.7cm) of rain dumped on the city in a single day.

By the 1990s, most of the bayous that drain Houston were unable to contain a 100-year flood, much less the 500-year or 1,000-year variety. Brays Bayou, for example, can currently only handle a 10 ...

Construction for the Inwood Forest Stormwater Detention Basin Project, a series of 12 interconnected basins in Northwest Houston, is expected to start later this spring, according to Stephen ...

Weather At least four dead after severe storms batter Houston Thursday. The Piney Woods area northeast of Houston is expected to receive 3-6 inches of rainfall, with greater amounts possible in ...