For now, two massive reservoirs west of downtown Houston hold back ... Technically, Lake Houston and Lake Conroe aren’t flood infrastructure. They were built decades ago to be sources of ...

(Bloomberg) -- Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in parts of the Houston area after torrential rains overwhelmed rivers and bayous. “There’s an imminent threat to life and property” in ...

An Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson said Tuesday afternoon that Buffalo Bayou had receded to 58.61 feet at a section where it widens before flowing into downtown, but both the Harris County Flood ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire said rising flood waters from the San Jacinto ... to the southeast from downtown. The city’s system of bayous and reservoirs was built to drain heavy rains.