UPDATE: Flood of Relief
In tragedy's wake, Central Texas continues to care for her own
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May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer
The Flood Is on the Other Foot
Local hospitality pros in need of assistance after Halloween flood
"...is hurt, or sick, or washed out by a flood, our local restaurant and bar community gathers around, pitches..."
Dec. 6, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
Review: Flood of Spirits
World premiere conjures up a haunting evening
"...both. thus is the happy and tragic fate of Flood of Spirits, the new interactive play by Rebecca Maag..."
Feb. 3, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
City Issues Post-Flood Report
Mixed ‘After-Action’ review by city-county-nonprofit agencies
"...“After Action Report” on the Oct. 13, 2013 Halloween flood. The review involved 31 city and 10 county agencies,..."
April 13, 2014 News Post by Michael King
Flood Closes Some Lamar Restaurants
Cleanup effort ongoing
"...to assess potential damage. I remembered the Memorial Day flood of 1981 and the ravages done to that neighborhood...."
May 26, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
City Updates Flood Aid Info
Donations should go to Red Cross, food and clothing elsewhere
"...The City of Austin Flood Assistance Center opened this morning at the Dove Springs..."
Nov. 2, 2013 News Post by Michael King
Food for Flood Relief
Local restaurateurs lend a hand
"...After flood waters rampaged through Central Texas over the Memorial Day..."
June 2, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
After the Flood, Before the Flood
As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms
"...of Mexico created the perfect conditions for a massive flood event...."
Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come
Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water
"...greatest wildfire risk – could instead be ravaged by flooding. What does it all mean? Preparing for doomsday is..."
May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood
Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.
"...Austinites remember the big floods – the expanding, treacherous storms that ransack homes and..."
April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine
First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway
Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts
"...rainfall across the U.S., recent studies suggest that current flood mapping has not accounted for that increased risk. Flooding..."
April 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
One in 100 Chance It Will Flood Each Year
"...Editor, Andrew Rooke points out correctly that the 100-year flood plain is misnamed, because it doesn't mean that a..."
Oct. 19, 2004 Postmarks
Supports National Flood Insurance Program
"...recent lambasting ("Hightower Report," Sept. 17) of the National Flood Insurance Program. Millions/billions of dollars are paid annually in..."
Sept. 27, 2004 Postmarks
Flood of Memories
Memorial Weekend flood waters hit home
"...I arrived to learn that their home was flooded with over six feet of water...."
May 25, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez
Travis and Hays counties Team Up for Flood Prevention
Two counties are better than one
"...Commissioners approved an interlocal agreement (ILA) to help handle flood mitigation efforts with Hays County. There'd been a push..."
May 5, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine
Rising From the Halloween Flood
Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods
"..."Is God getting us ready for this? – another flood?"..."
Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer
Flood Cleanup Ongoing: Donations Welcome
"...damage to help in determining what, if anything, local flood victims could receive in federal emergency support. FEMA is..."
Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson
Saturday Flood Damage Assistance Update
Latest City of Austin communication on flood aftermath
"...“The Flood Assistance Center (5801 Ainez Drive) hours will be from..."
Nov. 9, 2013 News Post by Michael King
After the Flood
It's going to take time and hard work to rebuild what the Memorial Day flood destroyed
"...past Saturday, June 20, in the direction of the flood waters that devastated Wimberley, San Marcos, and other parts..."
June 26, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Memorial Weekend Flood Assistance
Resources for folks hit by the Memorial Weekend floods
"...other low-lying Hill Country are digging out from early-morning flooding...."
May 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez
Post-Flood Report:
Mixed 'After Action' Reviews
171 action items needing improvement
"..."After Action Report" on the Oct. 31, 2013, Halloween flood. The review involved 31 city and 10 county agencies,..."
April 18, 2014 News Feature by Michael King
Commissioners Court: A Flood of Planning
Travis County takes up the Onion Creek flood plan,
and other regional matters
"...Onion Creek, who have been waiting years for significant flood relief. Transportation and Natural Resources Executive Manager Joe Gieselman..."
Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
New Study Changes City Council's View of Flood Risk
Puzzling over a variance on Avenue D, and spending the first of the 2018 bond funds
"...Thursday, March 7, working on whether to approve a floodplain variance for a house at 4515 Avenue D. Sitting..."
March 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Pease Park Before the Flood
Preventing natural disaster when a 140-year-old statute stands in the way
"...otherwise an effort to put a stop to catastrophic flooding along Shoal Creek in Downtown Austin...."
April 7, 2017 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard
Flood Recovery Continues – Help Needed
Chief Acevedo apologizes for slow response
"...The cleanup effort following the Halloween flood continues as city officials wrestle with devastation in the..."
Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson
UPDATED: Flood Cleanup Continues
Twelve properties deemed uninhabitable
"...progress report on the cleanup effort following the Halloween flooding. Although the recovery efforts have made headway, there is..."
Nov. 4, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
Austin Shelters Brace for Harvey's Second Flood
From evacuees to displaced locals, Red Cross readying long week
"...many of their newer guests being victims of local flooding, as opposed to evacuees from the coastal region...."
Aug. 28, 2017 News Post by Joseph Caterine
Council: Fire, Flood, and Men on Horseback
Contentious issues fill this week's slate
"...to fund buyouts of the remaining endangered (or already flooded) homes in the Onion Creek flood plain. Over the..."
May 16, 2014 News Feature by Michael King
Three Months After the Flood
January 31, 2014. 13 photos.
"...Three months after the Halloween flood destroyed homes and uprooted families, an Onion Creek neighborhood..."
Jan. 31, 2014 Photo Gallery
Texas Conservation Corps: Dove Springs Flood, 2013
November 27, 2013. 18 photos.
"...In the weeks following the Halloween floods that impacted Dove Springs, the Texas Conversation Corps, a..."
