Houston Mayor John Whitmire, center, looks at a map of the San Jacinto River with San Jacinto River Authority board member Mark Micheletti, right, alongside state Rep. Charlies Cunningham, left, after a news conference at Houston Fire Station 102 following severe flooding in the region, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in the Houston neighborhood of Kingwood, Texas. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)