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Kerr County sits in a region known as Flash Flood Alley, and at least four cabins at Camp Mystic sat in an extremely hazardous “floodway.” Numerous others stood in the path of a 100-year flood.
A map from Colorado State University shows where 100-year rainstorm events were documented in 2024. Colorado State University What Is a 100-Year Flood?
It’s horrifying that federal regulators removed buildings at Camp Mystic — where 27 children and counselors died, as well as the camp’s owner — from the 100-year flood map.
After NOAA adjusted its rain estimates, Harris County and the City of Houston adopted the 500-year floodplain for regulatory purposes and new floodplain maps were commissioned in 2019.
The overall cost of the Guadalupe River flood could total much more.
Houston reached its first 100° day of the year, and the tropical rain expected at the end of the week has a 10% chance it moves in as a tropical depression or tropical storm.
FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.