A year after Hurricane Harvey, some Texans are using outdated flood risk maps to rebuild
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 08:52
in Earth & Climate
One year ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck Texas – the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey dumped record-breaking rain and flooded hundreds of thousands of homes in and around Houston. It caused some US$125 billion in damages, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.