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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map
Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review ...
Mom Shares 8-Year-Old’s Sweet Final Words To Her Before Tragic Texas Flood
Lindsey McLeod McCrory described her late daughter, Blakely McCrory, as "a live wire" with a "fun, spirited attitude." ...
How Texas' land rules allowed camps to operate in flood-prone areas
The deadly Texas floods have brought the state's approach to land approvals, especially in flood-prone areas, under more ...
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In the Hill Country and beyond, rural Texas counties lack resources for flood detection
A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem — but in just two counties so far.
Texas Flood Death Toll Tops 100 With More Rain to Fall
Ten campers and their 19-year-old counselor are among those still missing from Camp Mystic, where 27 died in one of the ...
Texas flood rescue teams continue to search for scores of missing people as death toll tops 130
More than a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those ...
FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared
On average, it takes five to seven years to develop and implement a new FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. As a result, many maps across the U.S. are significantly out of date, often failing to reflect ...