State will enact nation-leading requirements next month to boost first floor building elevations for most new or renovated projects that are based on “predictive precipitation modeling” of future flood impacts, not historic trends.

A focus of flood prevention efforts are cities on the Lower San Joaquin River that are especially vulnerable to high-water events.

Federal officials are threatening to take the Texas General Land Office to court over the way the state distributed $1 billion in storm mitigation project funds.

Officials are challenging state process in hurricane relief awards after neither local government made the cut, although both contend they bore the brunt of the 2017 storm. Amid the backlash, the Texas General Land Office is now requesting $750 million in direct federal aid for Harris County.

Nationwide, communities are becoming cognizant of the need to plan for the impacts of climate change, but too often, they aren’t sure how to implement climate adaptation plans, particularly in smaller, rural areas with fewer resources, according to officials at a climate leadership conference.