The Last Houston Residents Without Power After Beryl Say They Feel “Trapped”

Kingwood, a master-planned community in the northeast corner of Houston, has attracted residents for decades with the promise of residing in a “Livable Forest.” But ever since Hurricane Beryl swept through the region last week, that same forest has made Kingwood one of the least livable places in Houston.  Though the area escaped much of the flooding that plagued Houstonians closer to downtown during the category 1 hurricane, the dense canopy covering the large, upscale homes turned treacherous. As a band of 80-mile-per-hour winds plowed into the neighborhood, entire seventy-foot pine trees too thick to wrap one’s arms around were ripped from the soil and toppled with ease. Branches rained down from above, snapping telephone poles, crushing vehicles, destroying roofs and fence lines, and slicing into…

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