A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger ...

When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas areas considered high risk on Federal Emergency Management Agency flood ...

While FEMA flood maps are a trusted government resource on flooding, many of the maps are decades old, according to Dean Tarulli, a certified flood plain manager with Tidal Basin Group.

Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, according to a report ...

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...

New flood maps clarify the risk homeowners face Maps more realistically depict flood zones with less effort, lower costs Date: June 30, 2022 Source: University of Georgia Summary: Flooding in ...

The current maps show 8.7 million properties are at risk of a 100-year flood, which means those properties has a 1% chance of being flooded in any given year.

A dramatically expanded flood insurance map from FEMA could add costly premiums to many families’ bottom lines. It is part of the difficult trade-off of resiliency planning, McPhearson said.