Harris County reporter and Meyerland native Jen Rice joins R.A. Schuetz and Marissa Luck...
Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters reshaped the way we build in Houston. Building codes have been strengthened. Homes have been lifted. Soon, floodplains will be redrawn with more recent rainfall data — including the rains that fell during Harvey — which show that the region can expect more rainfall than it had once planned for.
The Houston Chronicle's Harris County reporter Jen Rice joined R.A. Schuetz and Marissa Luck to discuss how the Houston region has made developing in flood-prone geography safer and whether those steps are enough to protect against the storms of the future. Together, they talk about Meyerland, the neighborhood where Rice grew up, which has been repeatedly ravaged by floods. While the area's population has dropped about 18 percent since 2015, those who remain haveElsewhere, although Meyerland demonstrated the repercussions of building in the floodplain, real estate developers continue to build in flood-prone areas with
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