Elm Grove flooding update: close only counts in horseshoes

During the Imelda tropical storm event in September, residents in the northern areas of Kingwood, especially in Elm Grove, suffered massively from unexpected and never-before-seen severe flooding. Hundreds of homes, many built decades ago, flooded for the first time. To a lesser extent, the heavy spring rains in May also resulted in rising water and flooding in the area.
Imelda made it clear there was something more happening than what happened with Hurricane Harvey two years before. In most cases, flooding had never happened before back to the late 1970s when Elm Grove and surrounding villages were first created.

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