Word: brazoria
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nearly 9 in. of rain that pelted their headwaters last month, overflowed their banks for miles, sweeping away buildings and vehicles. With losses in the tens of millions of dollars and 15 dead, 25 counties were designated as disaster areas by President Bush. Lamented James Phillips, chief administrator in Brazoria County: "Nobody expected this in a hundred years. We were practically defenseless...
...complex system of dams, reservoirs and levees along major waterways like the Brazos. The Texas floods were inevitable because of the size of the downpour that fell on an already soaked region. But their destructiveness was multiplied when runoffs from unexpected points turned quiet creeks into torrents. In Brazoria County, Oyster Creek flooded and combined with the Brazos to create a lake nine miles wide and up to 50 ft. deep...