/tags/halloween-floods Halloween Floods en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:51:48 GMT /austin/2015-12-04/rising-home-prices-limit-citys-floodplain-buyouts Austin City Council members are beginning to approve the last batch of homes in the Williamson Creek flood buyout program. But the strength of the Austin鈥� Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:51:48 GMT /austin/2015-12-04/rising-home-prices-limit-citys-floodplain-buyouts Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2014-11-01/a-story-of-survival-one-year-after-the-halloween-floods It was still dark the morning of Halloween 2013 when hundreds of families in Onion Creek, a neighborhood in South East Austin, woke up to rising water in鈥� Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:42:47 GMT /austin/2014-11-01/a-story-of-survival-one-year-after-the-halloween-floods Joy Diaz /austin/2014-07-14/how-long-will-it-take-to-finish-the-onion-creek-buyout-demolitions Last Halloween at least 580 homes in Austin were damaged by floods in the Onion Creek area, causing nearly $30 million in property damage. So far, the鈥� Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:43:59 GMT /austin/2014-07-14/how-long-will-it-take-to-finish-the-onion-creek-buyout-demolitions Joy Diaz /austin/2014-05-05/after-report-faults-halloween-flood-response-is-more-accountability-needed Update: Austin City Council member and mayoral candidate Mike Martinez is asking the city鈥檚 Public Safety Commission to consider recommending an鈥� Mon, 05 May 2014 16:06:32 GMT /austin/2014-05-05/after-report-faults-halloween-flood-response-is-more-accountability-needed Joy Diaz /health/2014-04-18/how-halloween-flood-survivors-are-recovering-from-post-traumatic-stress On the surface of the Onion Creek neighborhood, there鈥檚 progress.The community is slowly recovering from 2013's deadly Halloween floods. Many families are鈥� Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:20:08 GMT /health/2014-04-18/how-halloween-flood-survivors-are-recovering-from-post-traumatic-stress Joy Diaz /austin/2014-04-13/report-lists-over-100-lessons-from-austins-deadly-halloween-floods It鈥檚 taken the City of Austin and AG真人百家乐 County almost six months to finalize a report detailing emergency response to the 2013 Halloween floods: what鈥� Sun, 13 Apr 2014 21:33:58 GMT /austin/2014-04-13/report-lists-over-100-lessons-from-austins-deadly-halloween-floods Joy Diaz /austin/2014-03-21/theres-a-different-kind-of-homelessness-for-onion-creek-flood-victims When you think about the word 鈥渉omeless,鈥� what comes to mind?Homelessness can include a person who lacks housing. But it is also includes people in鈥� Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:49:04 GMT /austin/2014-03-21/theres-a-different-kind-of-homelessness-for-onion-creek-flood-victims Joy Diaz /austin/2014-03-05/austin-to-receive-federal-funds-to-buyout-homes-in-onion-creek The federal government is sending $11.8 million to AG真人百家乐 County to help buy out homes in the flood-prone Onion Creek neighborhood.More than 600 homes in鈥� Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:41:40 GMT /austin/2014-03-05/austin-to-receive-federal-funds-to-buyout-homes-in-onion-creek /austin/2014-02-11/halloween-flooding-caused-more-than-30-million-in-damage-to-insured-properties A statewide insurance association says the Halloween flooding in Austin caused more than $30 million in insured damages to residential and commercial鈥� Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:27:22 GMT /austin/2014-02-11/halloween-flooding-caused-more-than-30-million-in-damage-to-insured-properties /austin/2014-01-30/onion-creek-residents-worry-about-mold-after-halloween-floods The mostly uninhabited neighborhood of Onion Creek in southeast Austin has experienced some growth. But it鈥檚 growth the few neighbors who are back do not鈥� Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:41:33 GMT /austin/2014-01-30/onion-creek-residents-worry-about-mold-after-halloween-floods Joy Diaz