Hurricane Harvey battered the east coast of Texas Friday evening as a Category 4 storm, creating storm surges and flooding comparable to Hurricane Katrina, in which 1,836 people were killed in 2005.

A federal appeals court has ruled the U.S. government is liable for Hurricane Harvey's flood damage to homes located upstream of Houston's Addicks and Barker dams in 2017. Attorneys for the homeowners ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- With the threat of flooding, Houston area law enforcement are staging rescue equipment, and they're urging neighbors to remain calm if they need their assistance. Watching ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stalled car is seen in flood water near North Park Drive after severe flooding on May 2, 2024, in Kingwood. Harris County ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- Montgomery County commissioners approved two extension requests Dec. 16 tied to disaster recovery grants used for buyout projects stemming from Hurricane Harvey and the ...

The ruling came in a lawsuit from a group of homeowners and could be appealed. An estimated 14,000 homes were inside the Addicks and Barker reservoirs when Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain in ...

HOUSTON — There is new hope for some Houston-area homeowners whose properties flooded during Hurricane Harvey. A federal appeals court ruled this week that the U.S. government is liable for flood ...

Over the last decade, Houston's suburbs have continued to expand, attracting families seeking more space and relative affordability, but much of that growth has pushed into flood-prone land. A Houston ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that the government is liable for damage to homes that flooded upstream of the Addicks and Barker dams after Hurricane Harvey unleashed more than 50 inches of ...

Even after Hurricane Harvey exposed the dangers of building in flood-prone areas, tens of thousands of new homes have continued to rise in Greater Houston's high-risk flood zones. A Houston Chronicle ...