When five floods in a single year devastated parts of Liberty County, Texas A&M students, faculty and staff developed an American Planning Association award-winning county-wide resilience plan.
Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) researchers will partner on a $2 million NSF grant to examine how the dynamics of planning, policies, flood control infrastructures, and the social networks affect the capacity of urban communities to recover from major flooding.
People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Flooding caused by an increasing number of intense storms is a national challenge and significant source of economic…
Chris Ginter wades through deep floodwaters on September 6, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Houston resident Chris Ginter has been taking local residents to their flooded homes in his monster truck which can drive through waters up to 4 feet deep. Over a week after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas,…
Marc St. Peter, left, and Chris Wisor lend a hand cleaning up as floodwaters from Hurricane Irma recede September 13, 2017 in Middleburg, Florida. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) By Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W. Parker and Morten Wendelbo, Texas A&M University, for The Conversation Even as the floodwaters from Hurricanes Harvey…
Chris Ginter wades through deep floodwaters on September 6, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Ginter, a Houston resident, has been taking local residents to their flooded homes in his monster truck which can drive through waters up to 4 feet deep. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) By Keith Randall, Texas…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Editor’s note: Those interested in attending Dr. Jennifer Horney’s Aug. 30 webinar must register in advance. This story has been updated throughout. Floods are the most common natural disaster in the world, and for the 27 counties of…