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Fort Bend County officials held a ribbon-cutting Friday, May 26, 2023, for new water pumps that are designed to help mitigate flooding in the Sugar Land area. New, heavy-duty water pumps to mitigate flooding were unveiled Friday in a Sugar Land neighborhood that saw vast flood damage after Hurricane Harvey. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Riverstone neighborhood, community leaders introduced three new pumps that would nearly triple the area’s water-pumping capacity to around 230,000…

Hurricane Harvey Satellite Image On August 25th, 2017. There is likely to be somewhere between one and four major hurricanes in the Atlantic this season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, due to a relatively rare confluence of oceanic factors around the globe. Whether or not one or more storms will touch the Texas Gulf coast is, of course, unknown. Hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through the end of November. In…

Powerful winds knocked down a bunch of trees and power lines in the neighborhood near Lake Conroe. WILLIS, Texas — The thunderstorm that blew through Montgomery County Tuesday afternoon caused a lot of damage in the Cape Malibu subdivision near Lake Conroe.  It’s too soon to say whether it was caused by a tornado or straight-line winds but there was a tornado warning in that area.  “I got an alert on my phone that a tornado…

Powerful winds knocked down a bunch of trees and power lines in the neighborhood near Lake Conroe. WILLIS, Texas — The thunderstorm that blew through Montgomery County Tuesday afternoon caused a lot of damage in the Burnt Mills subdivision near Lake Conroe.  It’s too soon to say whether it was caused by a tornado or straight-line winds but there was a tornado warning in that area.  “I got an alert on my phone that a tornado…

Huntsville Fire Chief Greg Mathis said there’s quite a bit of wind damage and a few minor injuries. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Folks in Huntsville are cleaning up damage from a powerful storm that blew through Tuesday afternoon.  The Huntsville fire chief said they had some minor injuries and quite a bit of wind damage. He said an auto body shop and some homes were affected.  KHOU 11 News viewer Middle Regulus and her daughter were…

The U-turn frontage road at I-69 over the San Jacinto River remains closed in both directions due to high water. The City of Houston is warning drivers not to go around barricades because vehicles will flood. Heavy rain on Mother’s Day also flooded a parking lot and a neighborhood park near the Northshore subdivision of Kingwood. Those homeowners are some of the first to see flooding in the area as their homes are lined up…

Rainfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds are expected in Houston on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Parts of Montgomery and Harris County will be under a minor flood warning through Friday morning. The National Weather Service says the area of concern is specifically along Sendera Ranch Road near Humble. Some of the stream gauges are currently in the flood stage, or near the flood stage. The following creeks are being closely looked at this afternoon when more…

Parts of Montgomery and Harris County will be under a minor flood warning through Friday morning as waterways continue to remain swollen after a week of wet weather. The National Weather Service says the area of concern is specifically along Sendera Ranch Road near Humble. Some of the stream gauges are currently in the flood stage, or near the flood stage. Spring Creek, Little Cypress Creek, Mountain Creek, Little Mountain Creek, Three Mile Creek and…

PORT ISABEL, Texas (AP) — At least one person was killed when a tornado struck a town on the Gulf coast near the southernmost tip of Texas, damaging dozens of homes and knocking down power lines early Saturday, authorities said. At least 10 people were also hospitalized, two in critical condition, said Cameron County Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Hushen. The storm hit the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights near South Padre Island at about 4…

Heavy rain and potential flooding are in the forecast across the Houston region, meteorologists say. A flood watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday morning and is in effect through 7 p.m. Wednesday. Rain chances were 70 percent for Tuesday. Cameron Self, National Weather Service meteorologist, said the rain will be widespread and rainfall totals will add up quickly. “We’re gonna be talking about two to three inches, which is manageable, however…

A WC-130J Hercules that’s one of NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft. *Audio from this segment will be available by 11 a.m. CT. During each hurricane season, we’re used to watching for news of a storm developing in the Atlantic that might head this way. And when one does, we watch with trepidation as the forecast models show us that cone of probability – the potential track a storm might take toward landfall. That’s just part of…

FILE: Major evacuation during Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane season is quickly approaching, officially beginning June 1 and continuing until the end of November. According to local officials, the time to start preparing is now. The frequency and damage incurred by natural disasters has been at an all-time high in recent years. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2020 set the record for the most natural disasters in the U.S. with $1 billion or more…

Hurricane season begins June 1st. HOUSTON — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its Air Force Reconnaissance wing, the crew that operates the Hurricane Hunter Aircraft, set up shop at Houston’s Ellington Field Monday to kick off Hurricane Preparedness Week.  The forecasters were in Houston for the start of their five-day tour of Gulf Coast cities.  The entire KHOU 11 Weather Team was there to meet with the team of experts, which also included…

FILE: Mold samples from a home flooded by Hurricane Katrina in 2005; environmental molds can be a health risk for fungal infections. Mold has been steadily building up around the Houston area ever since Hurricane Harvey flooded the city in 2017. Researchers at four area hospitals concluded that roughly 2.4 out of 10,000 of its patients before the storm were being treated for invasive mold infections (IMI). After Hurricane Harvey, that number jumped up to…