I was - and my house was without power from 8 o'clock till 11. So I - fortunately, I woke up this morning in time.
It's kind of scary.But the pier was damaged. Whether bracing for a hurricane, stuck in a line of thunderstorms or deciding where to buy a house, the question on the minds of most Houstonians is not will it flood, but where?The tracker is a powerful interactive tool that allows Houston Chronicle subscribers to see not only rainfall location and intensity, but real-time, continuously updated flooding alerts and street closures as storms sweep through the area.The tracker also has utility during non-weather events, as a source of long-term flood-risk data for neighborhoods across the Houston region and state of Texas.To use the flood risk map, enter a property address in the search bar or click/pinch to zoom and drag the map to the area that interests you. But...MCCOMB: ...We're having periodic outages. What kind of planning went into getting ready for this?MCCOMB: Well, we - one of the good things is that we did not have to call for an evacuation, so that left the people in the hospitals without having to be relocated to another community, which was really a blessing with as many people as we have that does have the COVID virus.
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: South Texas is braced for flooding after Hurricane Hanna battered parts of the state yesterday. Commissioner George P. Bush Bush hosted the 2020 Hurricane Outlook Webinar with Dr. Gerry Bell, the lead seasonal forecaster with the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, to give local, state, and federal government partners along the Texas Coast an idea of what the 2020 hurricane season will look like, and what it could mean for our communities. Flooding most frequently occurs in October and November, which is the end of the Southeast Texas wet season. Locations are color-coded to the percentage of properties within a given census tract that are at risk of flooding in the next 30 years due to high-intensity rainfall, overflowing rivers, streams and bayous, high tides and/or coastal storm surge.Both the live weather and flood risk pages will automatically update with “likely” or “possible” flooding alerts from Harris County Flood Control District gauges, as well as Houston Chronicle and Houston Community Newspaper staff reports of street closures and flooding across the Houston region. We encouraged people that got - went with families to get out of harm's way.MCCAMMON: But to social distance. We also took precautions that any shelters that were going to be made available to people - we want them to be tested before they came in, having to bring their masks and - a handful of masks with them while they were there.And - but it - that didn't happen. We're going to have some neighborhood flooding.We lost one of our major tourist attractions in terms of a huge fishing pier out on Padre Island - about five - 750-foot pier that - the pier just disappeared as a result of the storm surge. H istoric Floods 255 historic Texas floods, peak streamflow data and much more. But as far as I know, a lot of just debris that we're going to have to pick - that we did lose power throughout the city at different times. ... promising a rough allergy season.
Hanna was officially classified as a Category 1 Hurricane Saturday morning — becoming Texas’ first of the season. The bad news is I think we had a lot of beach erosion. And it came back on. The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) shows areas within the 100-year flood boundary, which are termed "Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs)." We're going to go out and do an assessment. When we spoke earlier this morning, I asked him about the conditions there.JOE MCCOMB: Well, the sun - there's not much sun. The problem is … But - and then it went out 'cause my light - my alarm was blinking.
National Weather Service flood warnings and National Hurricane Center storm surge predictions also will be incorporated into the map during major weather events.“We are excited to add this vital and useful tool to the powerful journalism, podcasts and video already available to subscribers on HoustonChronicle.com,” said Executive Editor Steve Riley. So I think from a medical standpoint, I think there was any - there was no interruption in providing service to these folks.
But this storm comes in the middle of a global pandemic and at a time when Texas is struggling with a high number of COVID cases.Joe McComb is the mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, about 30 miles north of where Hurricane Hanna made landfall. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Joe McComb, mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, about Hurricane Hanna that made landfall Saturday.
The area...MCCAMMON: ...You're in is among several COVID-19 hot spots, so a whole lot of concerns there. All rights reserved. It's operated by the county. Media Gallery: A collection of photos, video and interactives. The video camera that they had out there watching the pier that the surfers look at all the time to see when the surf is good for surfing - one picture, the end of the pier is there. It was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall twice as a Category 1 hurricane.
Floods will affect 128M in 23 states this spring; coast-to-coast warmth also expected ... southern Texas and portions of the Pacific Northwest," NOAA said. The Texas Flood Map and Tracker is a powerful interactive tool that allows Houston Chronicle subscribers to track rainfall location and intensity, updated flooding alerts and street closures during storms.
And...MCCOMB: ...I think social distancing was kept as best we could. The next picture, it's not. From what I can see on the news through just the evening and the night, it appears that we, one, had no casualties or personal injuries, so that's the good news.