Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation's ...

Federal emergency authorities removed dozens of structures from a Texas summer camp s official flood hazard map in the years ...

Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially ...

In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate ...

Most homeowners lack flood insurance, which isn’t included in standard policies even though flooding is the costliest and ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...

The city of Norman was prepared to build an automatic flood warning system this year, the same kind of early warning system ...

Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review ...

Federal regulators removed Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map years before 27 children were lost in severe ...

FEMA approved requests to lift flood restrictions on Camp Mystic buildings for years, enabling expansion in a known hazard ...

The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, and nationwide as many ...

FEMA previously approved an appeal from Camp Mystic to exclude 15 of its buildings near the Guadalupe River from what is called a Special Flood Hazard Area.