. During its recent history Houston has flooded several times from heavy rainfall which has been becoming increasingly common. This has been exacerbated by a lack of zoning laws which allowed unregulated building of residential homes and other structures in flood-prone areas. During the floods in 2015 and 2016 each of which dropped at least a foot of rain parts of the city were covered in several inches of water. Even worse flooding happened in late August 2017 when Hurricane Harvey stalled over southeastern Texas much like Tropical Storm Allison did sixteen years earlier causing severe flooding in the Houston area with some areas receiving over 50 inches (1,300 mm) of rain the rainfall exceeded 50 inches in several areas locally breaking the national record for rainfall the damage for the Houston area is estimated at up to $125 billion U.S dollars and it is considered to be one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States with the death toll exceeding 70 people on January 31 2018 the Houston City Council agreed to forgive large water bills thousands of households faced in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey as Houston Public Works found 6,362 homeowners' water utility bills had at least doubled. (21.6) 78.0 Post-war division of the world was formalised by two international military alliances the United States-led NATO and the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact the long period of political tensions and military competition between them the Cold War would be accompanied by an unprecedented arms race and proxy wars, The Pioneer Memorial obelisk stands at the end of the Reflecting Pool in Hermann Park it was erected by the San Jacinto Centennial Association and dedicated on August 30 1936. In Mombasa Dom Vasco da Gama resorted to piracy looting Arab merchant ships which were generally unarmed trading vessels without heavy cannons, 7 Paul Bettencourt Republican 2014 Memorial Villages Memorial/Spring Branch area Addicks Reservoir northwest portions of county. A tall stone column which widens as it meets the base a large rectangular building with no windows The Portuguese victory at the Second Battle of Guararapes ended Dutch presence in Brazil. In the late 1720s the viceroy of New Spain closed the presidio in East Texas and reduced the size of the garrisons at the remaining presidios leaving only 144 soldiers in the entire province With no soldiers to protect them the East Texas missions relocated to San Antonio.
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