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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 ...
A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem — but in just two counties so far.
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous floodplain ...
Texas leaders’ dreams of unlimited development and a rush of artificial intelligence data centers are on a collision course ...
Records reveal FEMA repeatedly granted Camp Mystic’s appeals to remove buildings from flood hazard zones, years before the deadly floods killed 27.
The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The ...
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
If the government sets a cut-off date for bailing out residents after climate-related disasters such as the Tasman floods, ...
After catastrophic flooding in Central Texas last week, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine are asking questions about response ...