hurricanes

One in Five Texans Lives in a Floodplain, State’s First-Ever Analysis Shows

By Candy's Dirt / July 31, 2023 /

By Erin Douglas The Texas Tribune Almost 6 million Texans, or about 20 percent of the population, live in an area susceptible to flooding, according to first-of-its-kind data gathered as part of a statewide effort to harden Texas against floods and rising sea levels. The analysis is part of the Texas Water Development Board’s first…

New Insurance Law Will Get First Stress Test With Hurricane Harvey Claims

By Bethany Erickson / August 28, 2017 /

As the rest of the state watched helplessly as first Hurricane Harvey’s winds, then water, wreaked havoc on the coast of Texas and Houston, something else began circulating — a warning about a change to state law regarding weather-related claims on homeowners insurance. House Bill 1744 was signed into law May 27 by Gov. Greg…