Back channels on the west fork of the San Jacinto after hurricane Harvey. Just east of the West Lake Houston Parkway Bridge.

Looking north toward Kingwood’s Kings Harbor subdivision, a popular entertainment district that was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. The West Lake Houston Parkway bridge is on the left out of frame. In the foreground, sand now reaches the tree tops and is virtually as high as the bridge itself. Water used to flow under the bridge and through the area in the foreground during floods. Now it is forced north.

Looking north toward Kingwood’s Kings Harbor subdivision, a popular entertainment district that was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. The West Lake Houston Parkway bridge is on the left. In the foreground, sand now reaches the tree tops and is virtually as high as the bridge itself. Water used to flow under the bridge and through the area in the foreground during floods. Now it is forced north.

Just west of the West Lake Houston Parkway bridge, a fresh layer of sand several feet thick is enlarging the islands and filling in the back channels of the West Fork of the San Jacinto River.  Note sand in the tree tops in foreground, especially left of center. This view is looking west (upstream) and slightly north. The water tower in the distant background is at Deer Ridge Park on Woodland Hills Drive.

This shot was taken from west of the West Lake Houston Parkway bridge, looking east. Water used to flow under this portion of the bridge during floods, but the area east of the bridge has filled in with sand up to the level of the bridge itself, considerably constricting the cross section of the river.