‘Disasters are a human choice’: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areas

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By Joshua FechterJul 12, 2025, 9:00 am323 ptsTop
Camp Mystic, the private summer camp that now symbolizes the deadly Central Texas floods, sat on a tract of land known to be at high risk for a devastating flood. Nearly 1.3 million Texas homes are similarly situated in parts of the state susceptible to dangerous floodwaters, according to a state estimate. A…

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