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A year after Hurricane Harvey, some Texans are using outdated flood risk maps to rebuild

  • Written by Wanyun Shao, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Alabama
A year after Hurricane Harvey, some Texans are using outdated flood risk maps to rebuildBusinesses in Humble, Texas, part of metropolitan Houston, surrounded by floodwater from Hurricane Harvey, August 29, 2017.AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File

One year ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck Texas – the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey dumped record-breaking rain and...

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