Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation's flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can prepare for rising risks.

Experts say Camp Mystic’s requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood insurance, to lower the camp’s insurance premiums or to pave

Federal emergency authorities removed dozens of structures from a Texas summer camp s official flood hazard map in the years before a catastrophic flash flood tore through the facility, killing