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The Harris County Flood Control District along with the Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management and the National Weather Service are monitoring Hurricane Harvey as it continues to move over the southern Gulf of Mexico. Conditions are favorable for rapid intensification of Harvey over the next 24 hours. Predicted landfall is still somewhere along the mid-Texas coast Friday evening, with heavy rain impacts to Harris County that could last through early next week

The Harris County Flood Control District with the Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management and the National Weather Service are closely monitoring Tropical Depression Harvey it moves over the southern Gulf of Mexico. Conditions appear favorable for intensification of Harvey up to landfall somewhere along the mid-Texas coast Friday evening, with heavy rain impacts that could last through early next week.

The Harris County Flood Control District has begun construction on two projects that will function together to reduce flooding risks in the Hunting Bayou watershed in central Harris County: the final phase of a stormwater detention basin on Homestead Road, and a third phase of construction to widen and deepen Hunting Bayou itself.