Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation's flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can prepare for rising risks.

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

Federal emergency authorities removed dozens of structures from a Texas summer camp s official flood hazard map in the years before a catastrophic flash flood tore through the facility, killing