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Houston CBD Bounces Back from Tropical Storm Allison

HOUSTON-Recovery efforts will be ongoing for some time, but today Houston's CBD will reopen after a one-day shutdown as a result of the havoc wreaked by Tropical Storm Allison. Literally every building has been affected, says Hines' chief exec.

By Jennifer Brenner Andrade | Updated on June 11, 2001

HOUSTON-Most of Houston’s CBD reopens today as cleanup continues in the region from the devastation of Tropical Storm Allison.

George Lancaster, vice president of Houston-based Hines, tells GlobeSt.com that literally every building in Houston’s downtown has been affected by the weekend storm and constant downpours that began June 5. Emergency reports estimate 10,000 homes and 5,000 commercial properties are damaged. Published accounts preliminarily peg damages at $1 billion just in Harris County, one of 28 declared a federal disaster area as a result of Tropical Storm Allison.

Lancaster estimates the CBD has incurred some 30 inches of precipitation from the onset of the severe weather. The National Weather Service puts the average around 18 inches in a month that normally only sees 4.96 inches of rainfall. The record rainfall had occurred July 24, 1979, when 43 inches fell in 24 hours, according to the weather service.

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