People keep building in flood-prone places like Houston.

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By Nathanael JohnsonAug 28, 2017, 4:28 pm119 pts
And all that unchecked development makes flooding worse. It’s worth looking back at an in-depth piece published last year by Pro-Publica and the Texas Tribune, which made a compelling case that, by turning Houston’s permeable prairie into houses, people have transformed a sponge into a bathtub. It has also…

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