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Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts ...
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...
FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.
Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend ...
National TV news coverage of the catastrophic Texas floods evolved from real-time reporting during the immediate aftermath of ...
National FEMA maps underestimated risk in catastrophic Texas flood, data shows By Kerem Inal, Peter Charalambous, and Gaby Vinick, ABC News July 11, 2025 at 9:45 am EDT ...
Property owners challenging FEMA's map designations hire engineers to conduct detailed studies to show where they believe the 100-year flood plain should actually be drawn. That is a “pretty ...
The newspaper added that the Fema maps had not been modified to incorporate Camp Mystic's written appeals. The popular camp lost at least 27 young girls when floodwaters ripped through the premises ...
Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk ...
FEMA granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic buildings from their 100-year flood map before Kerr County, Texas floods swept away kids and counselors.
A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...