Your current location:HOME >style >The government wants to buy their flood 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 08:51:21 Source: Internet compilationEdit:style
HOUSTON (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.
Insider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI2024-05-21 08:36
Year after flip flop, NBC's Eddie Olczyk hopes he feels better about his Kentucky Derby pick2024-05-21 08:32
Mike Riley, former coach at Oregon State and Nebraska, will take over for Pat Chun on CFP committee2024-05-21 08:09
Hannah Waddingham looks effortlessly stylish in tan trousers as she goes shopping in New York City2024-05-21 07:48
'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes2024-05-21 07:44
Berlin’s government offers to give away villa once owned by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels2024-05-21 06:47
Bangladesh wins toss and bowls against Zimbabwe in Twenty20 opener2024-05-21 06:37
Italian city brings in bizarre BAN on eating pizza and ice cream2024-05-21 06:22
Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia2024-05-21 06:16
Luke Rowe, who helped 3 leaders win the Tour de France, will retire at the end of the season2024-05-21 06:09
Children are evacuated from school 'during an exam' after threat made via email2024-05-21 08:30
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, attends her late mother2024-05-21 08:29
Bomb kills 5 people, including children, at a refugee camp in eastern Congo2024-05-21 08:18
Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro2024-05-21 07:51
Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to lead Indianapolis 500 field in Corvette pace car2024-05-21 07:49
Savanier scores sweet volley then gets red card as Montpellier beats Toulouse2024-05-21 07:15
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week2024-05-21 06:45
Judge in Trump's hush money case clarifies gag order doesn't prevent ex2024-05-21 06:43
Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection after closing some restaurants2024-05-21 06:26
China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines2024-05-21 06:05