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Hell and High Water

Preparing Houston for the Next Big Storm

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the country. It's home to the nation’s largest refining and petrochemical complex, where billions of gallons of oil and dangerous chemicals are stored. And it’s a sitting duck for the next big hurricane. Why isn’t Texas ready?

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Hell and High Water

Obama Signs Bill That May Boost Texas Hurricane Protection Study

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13 stories published since 2016

Everyone Knew Houston’s Reservoirs Would Flood — Except for the People Who Bought Homes Inside Them

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal, Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw, ProPublica,

Houston Officials Hope Harvey Convinces Congress to Fund Coastal Barrier

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal,

Boomtown, Flood Town

by Neena Satija for The Texas Tribune and Reveal; Kiah Collier for The Texas Tribune; and Al Shaw, ProPublica,

Boomtown, Flood Town (Full Text)

by Al Shaw, Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal, and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune,

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U.S. Rep. Weber Says He’ll Work on Bill to Speed Hurricane Protection Plan

by ProPublica,

Sen. Cornyn Files Bill to Speed Texas Hurricane Study

by ProPublica,

‘We’re Sitting Ducks’

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Live Forum: Protecting Houston Before the Next Big Storm

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

Hell and High Water

by Neena Satija for The Texas Tribune and Reveal; Kiah Collier for The Texas Tribune; and Al Shaw and Jeff Larson, ProPublica,

About Hell and High Water

by Scott Klein,

Hell and High Water (Full Text)

by Neena Satija for The Texas Tribune and Reveal, Kiah Collier for The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw and Jeff Larson, ProPublica,

How We Made Hell and High Water

by Al Shaw and Jeff Larson,

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