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WHAT IS A LEVEE?

August 29, 2017

Levees are designed to reduce flood risk from flooding events; however, they do not eliminate the risk entirely. It is always possible that a flood will exceed the capacity of a levee, no matter how well the structure is built. Levees are designed to manage a certain amount of floodwater and can be overtopped or fail during flood events exceeding the level for which they were designed.

Levees that are designed to reduce the risk of flooding posed by the 1-percent-annual-chance flood may be accredited by FEMA.

FEMA levee responsibilities include identifying flood hazards and assessing flood risks in levee-affected areas. More specifically, FEMA determines and establishes appropriate flood risk zone designations in areas inside the levees and reflects those zones on Flood Insurance Rate Maps. FEMA only accredits levees that have met and continue to meet the minimum regulatory standards and associated with the 1-percent-annual-chance flood.

FEMA accreditation of a levee does not guarantee that it will always protect nearby properties from flooding; therefore, Insurance carriers carry a notice that overtopping or failure of levees is possible and that flood insurance protection and adherence to evacuation procedures are strongly recommended.

For additional information on your levee, contact your board members or the operator of the levee district.

 

Que es un dique?

 Los diques están diseñados para reducir el riesgo de los eventos de inundación; Sin embargo, no eliminan completamente el riesgo. Siempre es posible que una inundación exceda la capacidad de un dique, no importa cuán bien se construya la estructura. Los diques están diseñadas para manejar una cierta cantidad de agua de la inundación y pueden superarse o fallar durante los eventos de inundación que exceden el nivel para el cual fueron diseñados.

Las franquicias que están diseñadas para reducir el riesgo de inundaciones causadas por la inundación de 1 por ciento anual de probabilidad pueden ser acreditadas por FEMA.

Las responsabilidades de los diques de FEMA incluyen la identificación de peligros de inundación y la evaluación de los riesgos de inundación en las áreas afectadas por el dique. Más específicamente, FEMA determina y establece las designaciones apropiadas de la zona de riesgo de inundación en áreas dentro de los diques y refleja esas zonas en los mapas de tasas de seguro contra inundaciones. FEMA sólo acredita los diques que se han cumplido y siguen cumpliendo con los estándares mínimos de regulación y asociados con la inundación de 1 por ciento anual.

La acreditación FEMA de un dique no garantiza que protegerá las propiedades cercanas de las inundaciones; Por lo tanto, las compañías de seguros llevan un aviso de que la superación o el fracaso de los diques es posible y que la protección del seguro contra inundaciones y la adhesión a los procedimientos de evacuación son muy recomendables.

Para mas información de su dique póngase en contacto con sus miembros del la Junta o operador del districto de su dique.

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FORT BEND COUNTY SUBDIVISIONS UNDER THREAT FROM BRAZOS FLOODING

August 28, 2017

 Projected 57.5-feet flood elevation at Richmond Will Affect Thousands of Homes

These are additional subdivisions that were not included in the initial mandatory and voluntary evacuation order.

FORT BEND COUNTY, TX – The Office of Emergency Management has issued an advisory containing the list of subdivisions where residents should prepare to be affected by flood waters from the Brazos River. The Brazos River is projected to crest at a height of 57.5 feet Flood Elevation at the Richmond Gauge as monitored by the National Weather Service (NWS).

The list of affected neighborhoods are as follows:

ANDOVER FARMS (Street Flooding)
BELLA VISTA
BRAEBEND ESTATES ADDITION
BRAZOS LAKES (Partial)
BRAZOS VALLEY
BRYNMAWR LAKE
CANYON GATE AT THE BRAZOS
CANYON LAKES AT THE BRAZOS (MUD 116)
CHELSEA HARBOUR
CLAYHEAD MANOR
COLONY WEST
CRYSTAL LAKE ESTATES
CUMINGS ROAD AREA (C A DICKERSON)
CUMINGS ROAD AREA (DURAN SUBDIVISION)
CUMINGS ROAD AREA (TINSLEY ESTATES)
CUMINGS ROAD AREA (RIO BRAZOS)
EDGEWOOD ADDITION
ESTATES OF BRAZOSWOOD
ESTATES OF TEAL RUN (Street Flooding)
FOSTER CREEK ESTATES
FOSTER CROSSING
FOSTER ISLAND ESTATES
FRESNO GARDENS
FRESNO GARDENS DELUXE
GLENDALE LAKES
GLENWOOD (Partial)
GOLDENROD ESTATES
GRAND RESERVE
GRAND RIVER
GREATWOOD CROSSING (Partial)
GREATWOOD KNOLL
GULF VIEW ACRES
HERITAGE FARMS
HERITAGE HEIGHTS ACRES (Partial)
HUNTINGTON OAKS (Partial)
JONES CREEK ESTATES
KARAUGH II
LAKES OF MISSION GROVE (Partial)
LAKES OF WILLIAMS RANCH
LAKEWOOD ESTATES
LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT
LOMAS HILLS
LONG MEADOW FARMS (Partial)
MAGNOLIA PLACE (Partial)
MCCRARY MEADOWS
MP ESTATES
OYSTER CREEK COUNTRY
PECAN BEND
PECAN CHASE
PECAN CREEK
PECAN ESTATES
PECAN HILL
PECAN LAKE
PITTS SUBDIVISION
PLANTATION MEADOWS
RIDGEWOOD ESTATES (Partial)
RIO VISTA
RIVER FOREST
RIVERS EDGE
RIVERSIDE RANCH
ROLLING CREEK
ROLLING OAKS
ROSEDALE ADDITION
ROYAL ESTATES
ROYAL LAKES ESTATES
ROYAL LAKES MANOR
SHADOW GROVE ESTATES
SOVEREIGN SHORES ESTATES
SUN RANCH (Partial)
TARA
TEAL RUN (Partial)
TEAL RUN COURT (Street Flooding)
TEAL RUN MEADOWS (Street Flooding)
TELEVIEW TERRACE
TEXANA PLANTATION
THE RETREAT AT SOVEREIGN SHORES
WESTCREEK
WINDSOR ESTATES
WOODS EDGE

 

FOX26: “Fort Bend County prepares for Harvey” (Video)

August 24, 2017

Thank you, Fox 26 and Natasha Geigel, for the great coverage:

http://www.fox26houston.com/news/275703304-video

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