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

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk ...

Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially ...

Experts say Camp Mystic’s requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood ...

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

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation's ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA failed to include multiple buildings on its flood risk map for Camp Mystic in ...

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

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...

While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community input, the maps still don't capture everything.

New research funded by the UNC Collaboratory revealed that 90,000 buildings have experienced flooding over 24 years, some ...

Overdevelopment in flood-prone areas and inadequate mapping from the Federal Emergency Management Agency likely contributed to the tragedy that unfolded in central Texas July 4, when sudden flooding ...