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Flooding Is A Recurring Problem In Houston It Is Especially Severe In Low-lying Areas On The Far East End Of Town Along The San Jacinto River The Flat Wetlands And Paved-over Coastal Prairie Around Houston Drain Slowly And Easily Flood The Area Is Drained By A Network Of Bayous (small Slow-moving Rivers Often Dredged And Enlarged To Increase Volume) And Man-made Drainage Ditches Which Are Usually Dry Most Of The Year In Fall Cold Fronts Bring In Rainstorms And Flooding Is Not Uncommon This Might Flood Certain Low-lying Intersections But Doesn't Generally Affect Citizens Or The Business Of The City However Occasionally Very Heavy Thunderstorms Dump So Much Water On The City That Widespread Congestion And Even Property Damage In Low-lying Areas Result Tropical Storm Allison In 2001 Was So Severe That Many Parts Of Town That Had Never Flooded Before Were Flooded Seriously Interstate 10 Near Downtown Which Is Below Grade Was Covered By Over 10 Ft (3.0 M) Of Water Another Storm Happened In June 2015 (Tropical Storm Bill) That Had A Similar Impact On Houston Causing Several Highways To Be Closed Due To The Bayou Overflowing; This Event Followed Flooding From May 24�26 Another Similar Storm In April 2016 Resulted In Widespread Severe Flooding Across Houston And Surrounding Suburbs In An Event Later Known As The "Tax Day Floods" In Late August 2017 Hurricane Harvey Flooded Houston Causing Severe Widespread Damage And At Least 14 Deaths
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. . . Two freshwater aquifers the Chicot and Evangeline underlie the Greater Houston area These aquifers are composed mostly of sand and clay the Chicot is located above the Evangeline and a confining layer separates them from the Jasper aquifer below which is mostly saltwater a majority of drinking water supply wells in Houston are drilled to depths between 1,000 feet (300 m) and 2,000 feet (610 m), Texas in 1718 Guillaume de L'Isle map approximate state area highlighted northern boundary was indefinite, Southeast Texas is vulnerable to hurricanes Major hurricanes that have severely affected the area in the 21st century include Hurricane Rita in 2005; Hurricane Ike which passed over much of Houston and surrounding areas in 2008; and Hurricane Harvey which inundated Southeast Texas in 2017 Weaker storms strike the area routinely Some like Tropical Storm Allison and Tropical Storm Claudette have caused considerable damage. Texas Senate Houston Texas Business Directory While Texas had won its independence political battles raged between two factions of the new Republic the nationalist faction led by Mirabeau B Lamar advocated the continued independence of Texas the expulsion of the Native Americans and the expansion of the Republic to the Pacific Ocean Their opponents led by Sam Houston advocated the annexation of Texas to the United States and peaceful co-existence with Native Americans the conflict between the factions was typified by an incident known as the Texas Archive War.
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