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.

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 ...

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 ...

FEMA granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic buildings from their 100-year flood map before Kerr County, Texas floods swept away kids and counselors.

FEMA exempted buildings at old and new sites In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county’s flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard area. Records show that ...

And that's because FEMA's maps have not been updated with this new information. JOHN YANG: Because you said this is also an issue in North Carolina when Hurricane Helene moved.

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 ...

FEMA exempted buildings at old and new sites In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county's flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard area.