Since Hurricane Harvey, $780 million has been spent on flood mitigation, but the city said it needs another $1 billion.įor more hurricane readiness and updates, follow Nick Natario on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. So far, only about 30 have been completed. There are about 180 flood mitigation projects. A few years ago, voters approved a $2.5 billion bond. Harris County is also doing its own flood projects. 'Nervous, sad, a little anxiety,' Flanagan said. of Engineers moving forward with Ike Dike concept in new study If approved, it could take upwards of 15 years to complete.įifteen years is time that Flanagan fears they don't have on the peninsula. To prevent similar future disasters, Galveston built a massive. With maximum sustained winds of 145 mph and a 15-foot-deep storm surge, the hurricane killed at least 8,000 people and left another 10,000 homeless. Officials told ABC13 this week that the study was completed in August and a report will be ready for Congress in a couple of weeks. The Galveston Hurricane was a devastating Category 4 hurricane that struck the island city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. However, work hasn't started on the Coastal Texas Project, which would project hundreds of miles of Texas coast, which is also known as the 'Ike Dike.' Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles per hour, one of the strongest storms to hit the region since Hurricane Katrina, the National. The Sabine to Galveston project is currently underway to protect Beaumont and Port Arthur. Neilsen-Gammon said there are levees in Texas City, and more homes are on stilts, including Bolivar, where stricter standards have put homes higher.īut we're still years away from other projects. Work is underway to protect southeast Texas from future storms. PROJECTS TO MITIGATE CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE IMPACTS STILL YEARS AWAY FROM COMPLETION SEE ALSO: FEMA calls Ida 'one of the most catastrophic hurricanes' to ever make landfall in the US on August 25th as a cat 4 and brought devastating impacts. You should have supplies ready now, so it's one less thing to do if there isn't much time to prepare. Harvey made landfall along the Texas coast near Port Aransas around 10:00 p.m. Lindner said Ida shows the importance of neighbors having their own plan as well. 25, and rainfall reached over 4 feet in some areas, including Houston.

'We're going to have to work together, and those inland people who are not at risk from storm surge should plan to shelter in place and do not get onto the freeways.' Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on Aug. It was the first category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Texas since 1961, and the first category 4 to make landfall in the U.S. hurricane in terms of direct deaths since Sandy (2012) and the deadliest hurricane to hit Texas since 1919. 'Ahead of the storm, we have to get the coastal residents out,' Lindner explained. Prior to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Harvey became the deadliest U.S.

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