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December 11, 2017

Houston homes may need to elevate

HOUSTON (AP) — More than 1,600 Houston residents whose properties flooded during and after Hurricane Harvey may need to elevate their homes if they want to continue living there.

The city's Public Works Department is getting ready to notify property owners in floodplains that their structures have been declared “substantially damaged.” The department said more than 30,500 structures sitting within the city's floodplains took on some flooding from the hurricane and the heavy rains that followed, the Houston Chronicle reported.


 
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