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Houston Floodwaters Start to Recede; 800 Structures Damaged

HOUSTON (AP) โ€” Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas began to recede on Monday, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall that pummeled the area and led …

Rising Rivers, Bayous Force Texas Evacuations

Residents were evacuating their homes in Southeast Texas on March 15 as rivers swollen by days of heavy rain displaced thousands of people, forced the temporary closure of a major interstate and overwhelmed small towns along the Louisiana border. People …

Heartbreak For Some In Colorado With No Flood Policy

Jessica Klauzer-Zimmerman and her children have been sleeping on friends’ couches since floodwaters sloshed into her Boulder townhouse โ€“ which wasn’t covered by flood insurance.”We were told we didn’t need it because we didn’t live on the flood plain,” said …