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HOUSTON – Some homeowners are raising concerns that water releases from Lake Conroe are making flooding worse. The homeowners expressed their frustrations to FOX 26 Houston about the San Jacinto River Authority releasing water into the San Jacinto River which is now flooding.
“When we moved, we knew this was a high-risk area,” said Jordan Ortiz, a resident of the River Plantation Community in Humble.
Ortiz said he made the difficult decision to evacuate his family from their home on Thursday because of rising floodwaters.
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“Where that water is flowing out from my yard and the yard next to it. I’m thinking I’ve got about stomach high water,” said Ortiz.
The San Jacinto River Authority said in 2017 during Hurricane Harvey, the inflow into Lake Conroe was about 130,000 cubic feet per second. A few days ago, the SJRA said they saw a …
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