And it doesn't end with the once-influential neighborhood. Others are under a dangerous threat for flooding in these low-lying communities.
Some of Houston's suburbs are actually sinking, and that could pose a dangerous threat for floodiing in these low-lying communities.You have to know where to look, but signs of the old Brownwood subdivision still exist at the present-dayThere are old remnants of roads and driveways, an old bathroom floor and even an exposed pool that was once below ground.
"Baytown experienced a population boom, and until 1976, the City of Baytown got its water from the ground," Butcher explained. "When you're pumping out groundwater, and you have a population boom, that caused the land to subside."the sinking of ground because of underground material movement A member of Khan's team said their work used cutting-edge technology to investigate subsidence in the area at "unprecedented detail."
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