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

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

Back in 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp, in a “Special ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Only 7% of homeowners in Texas currently have flood coverage, despite standard homeowners' insurance typically excluding ...