Texas Senate Unanimously Passes Hurricane Harvey Relief Bills Worth $1.8 Billion

By Laura Rice

Published March 21, 2019 at 2:26 PM CDT

Twitter
LinkedIn
Email

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

The Houston area has been prone to flooding long before Hurricane Harvey. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took this aerial photo after a flood in 2015.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

The money, which would also would go toward flood-prevention projects. would come from the state’s $11 billion rainy day fund.