The unprecedented 2017 storm dumped more than 50 inches of rain on the Houston area, but as rain events and flooding become the new normal, new research is needed to respond.
Urban Edge
Map: 211 Calls During and After Harvey
51,596 unique callers requested service referrals via 211 due to the effects of the storm.
Harvey Reflections: A Tech Community Comes of Age
"We were prepared. We were ready to work for 48 hours."
FEMA Applications Show Need in the Wake of Harvey
More than 436,000 valid individual assistance FEMA applications were submitted in Harris County.
Harvey Reflections: Fifth Ward Weathers the Storm, Wary of Gentrification
Revitalization or gentrification? In Fifth Ward, Harvey raised the stakes.
Rebuilding Houston, Mitigation Alone Is Not Enough
A call to action to think ambitiously about Houston post-Harvey by looking to past examples.
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