Allison formed quickly and hit the Texas coast on June 5, 2001, just nine hours after developing. But the real damage came in ...

So while much of Houston was hunkered down and bunkered away from Monday morning's historic flooding, photographer Andy Hemingway decided to take a little walk. With the city's freeways virtually ...

HOUSTON — Houston emergency management officials urge motorists to avoid flood-prone roadways during prolonged or intense rainfall. All underpasses and low-lying areas are potentially dangerous ...

For one: Houston's elevation ... in the northwest suburbs is only 128 feet above sea level. Once the bayous flood, the freeway system functions as a de-facto secondary flood control system ...

A pump station is a very different place when it is not raining. There is an occasional ripple or drip somewhere in the massive cavern that acts as a well for the machinery meant to keep Houston ...

But the big question for many Houstonians is, what happens to an underground freeway during inevitable Houston flooding? "With future projects, we're also incorporating not just the 500 year type ...

finds a way’: Social media reacts to flood caused by water main break HOUSTON – Several roads and a freeway in east Houston are experiencing massive flooding after a 96-inch water main break ...

and Houston TranStar is showing multiple roads as being impassable because of floodwaters. The North Freeway is flooded heading southbound near the San Jacinto River and northbound at Wilson.

In a rescue effort that recalled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, helicopters landed near flooded freeways ... help out with rescue efforts in the Houston area. "We desperately need boats ...