The deadly Texas floods have raised questions about U.S. flood maps and their ability to ensure communities can prepare for ...

Even in areas that are mapped, like the Camp Mystic site in Kerr County, Texas, that was hit by a deadly flash flood on July ...

While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community ...

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

Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.

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

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

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

FEMA is anticipated to open a 90-day public appeal and comment period in the winter where property owners can formally ...

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

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.