It should be stated that the images shown by the New York Times are from areas close to rivers and bayous, meaning they are prone to flooding.

We thought we’d take a look at how the actual flooding compares to the FEMA flood maps. In a New York Times video published yesterday, they showed before and after images of flooded areas outside of Houston. Government regulations stipulate that homeowners are only required to carry flood insurance if they live in a FEMA-designated “100 year flood zone” (1 chance in 10 of flooding per decade) and have a government mortgage. As we reported on Wednesday, numerous losses will have to be paid completely out of pocket, as only 15% of people in Harris County, home to the city of Houston, carry flood insurance. The result of this is extremely widespread flooding, leaving houses underwater and dozens of fatalities reported so far. In some places, over 50 inches of rain fell in a matter of days, exceeding the annual rainfall expected in some locations.

(Photo from: CNN)Īs the remnants of Hurricane Harvey move across the Midwest, it leaves a destructive wake across southeast Texas, including in Houston, the country’s fourth largest city. In the city of Houston, many houses, including these, saw several feet of flooding. See if you are in a flood zone Hurricane Harvey left a wake of destruction in southeast Texas.

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