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FEMA’s flood maps are often outdated and can be inexact, particularly in areas where the agency hasn’t performed detailed studies. This left an opening for Camp Mystic to generate a more precise ...

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas. The ...

It’s almost hurricane season, and for the growing number of prospective Houston homeowners, that means making sure their dream home does not end up underwater. As massive metros like New York and Los ...

About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal. When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas ...

New draft FEMA flood maps show expanded flood risk across Harris County, but officials say no insurance or regulatory changes take effect yet.

Some new developments in Brunswick County are using outdated floodplain data, with some information dating back to 2006. A new, unadopted 2023 FEMA report shows more than 10% of buildings in the ...

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone. By Mike Baker In the years ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the ...