Continuing Rains May Cause Roads Near Addicks and Barker Reservoirs to Flood

Heavy rains during and afterward Hurricane Ike are cloudburst into Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, flood accident administration structures on Buffalo Bayou west of city Houston, and may could cause some alley calamity in the area, according to Corps of Engineers officials.

Houston (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 14, 2008 -- Heavy rains during and afterward Hurricane Ike are cloudburst into Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, flood accident administration structures on Buffalo Bayou west of city Houston, and may could cause some alley calamity in the area, according to Corps of Engineers officials.

The Corps of Engineers Galveston District

Some areas accustomed added than nine inches of rain in the watershed arctic and west of Houston, including both Ike and abundant storms that opened up on Sunday morning Runoff from the 260-square-mile watershed upstream of the reservoirs is cloudburst in. We apprehend recreational accessories and anchorage to be abounding aural the next few days. Flooding isn't there immediately, but it may be developing over the next few canicule as runoff accumulates We will abide to adviser the bearings and will accumulate the accessible informed. Actual alley closures are bent by bounded and accompaniment agencies. "Some areas accustomed added than nine inches of rain in the watershed arctic and west of Houston, including both Ike and abundant storms that opened up on Sunday morning," said Richard Long, activity administrator for the two reservoirs. "Runoff from the 260-square-mile watershed upstream of the reservoirs is cloudburst in. We apprehend recreational accessories and anchorage to be abounding aural the next few days."

The a lot of cogent cartage apropos will be Highway 6 as it passes through the Addicks Reservoir amid Interstate 10 and Clay Road, and Westheimer Parkway as it passes through Barker Reservoir amid FM 1093 and Fry Road.

"Flooding isn't there immediately, but it may be developing over the next few canicule as runoff accumulates," Long said. "We will abide to adviser the bearings and will accumulate the accessible informed. Actual alley closures are bent by bounded and accompaniment agencies."

Colonel David C. Weston, Galveston District commander, said, "We apprehend this to be one of the 5 accomplished pools we've apparent in the two reservoirs back they were complete in the backward 1940s.

"Right now, we ahead that the reservoirs will authority this runoff after any adverse appulse to residential areas upstream of the reservoirs. However, we will see alley flooding. We appetite humans to adviser cartage and alley assurance letters and plan alternating routes during this top baptize event. We aswell ambition to accent that the reservoirs are assuming their advised function-- to anticipate added calamity in city Houston."

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