Houston Judge Calls for Major Flood-Control Improvements

摘要

Two months after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, who is also the county's director of emergency management, proposed a set of 15 responses, including some new construction and restoration work, aimed at mitigating future flood damage. "Harvey's not a singular event. It followed two other major rain events in recent years. This area has seen three of these so-called 500-year rains in the past two years," Emmett said on Oct. 25.