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

Florida does the same. Shortly after moving out of the state, we heard from a friend still there that a builder was approved to build 500 new homes in the wetlands around Northport and port Charlotte. For those that don't know, the current homes already have major flood issues just from normal rain and are underwater every hurricane. This is just making it worse.

If we’re so desperate for places to build maybe a declining birth rate is a good thing

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If lenders require insurance, and insurers won't cover it, shouldn't it stop happening anyway?

I've seen it happen multiple times. Most notably where a small town was wiped off the mountainside by a landslide. My senior geologist suggested they rebuild some miles away on a more stable site, but they insisted on rebuilding rigjt where the old town was.

About 10 years later, the town was wiped off the mountainside by another landslide.

So much tax money is wasted on cities built on unsuitable land, New Orleans being a prime example.

If there is a acknowledgement that what you are building is in a natural flood zone, why not build according to the environmental conditions of the area?

There must be homes designs that don't look like the typical "American dream" single family home.

Something on stilts comes to mind.

Good, detailed article. Very informative.

just like florida does, build in flood plains.