Midland homeowners swimming for answers following severe flooding
NewsWest 9 talked with about a dozen homeowners who tell us they plan on suing the county for not equipping the neighborhood with a good enough drainage system. Author: Sammi Steele Updated: 9:14 AM CDT June 30, 2021
MIDLAND, Texas Drying out and assessing the damage. That is what people living in a flooded neighborhood in west Midland County are doing.
The flooding is part of yet another historic weather event to hit our region this year. But the damage it is leaving behind is not necessarily all on mother nature.
County leaders tell us rainwater would typically collect in the flood plain behind Cinergy along highway 191, now that water has nowhere else to go and is draining into people s homes.