Your current location:HOME >opinions >The government wants to buy their flood 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 14:29:30 Source: Internet compilationEdit:opinions
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.
Yvette Fielding says her Most Haunted co2024-05-21 14:19
Kim Kardashian flaunts her famous curves in barely2024-05-21 13:52
Turkey CUTS trade with Israel over IDF's bombing war in Gaza2024-05-21 13:27
Dua Lipa 'invites two2024-05-21 13:03
Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf is spotted on the streets of Gavin and Stacey's hometown Barry2024-05-21 12:54
Shameless taxi driver who boasted to his passengers about being pulled over for speeding2024-05-21 12:21
Kaley Cuoco sells her stunning nine2024-05-21 12:21
Kate Hudson makes TV debut performing as singer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2024-05-21 11:59
Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 92024-05-21 11:57
Kansas has a new border security mission and tougher penalties for killing police dogs2024-05-21 11:52
OpenAI pauses ChatGPT voice after Scarlett Johansson comparisons2024-05-21 14:10
IOC imposes 152024-05-21 14:03
London, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Mayor Sadiq Khan wins historic third term2024-05-21 13:44
Anne Hathaway is left red2024-05-21 13:40
Amir Khan's £11.5m luxury wedding venue finally hosts its first marriage: Bride arrives on horse2024-05-21 13:28
A look back at all the times Margot Robbie has served as a bridesmaid2024-05-21 12:45
Sudan: UN warns that Darfur risks starvation and death if aid isn't allowed in2024-05-21 12:45
Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer2024-05-21 12:43
College baseball notebook: Conference tournaments to decide NCAA automatic bids and many at2024-05-21 12:00
Ireland knocks out Argentina again in Singapore Sevens2024-05-21 11:46