I pray for the victims there but when you build in known flood areas next to a rivers, below a dam one day and that day will come a 50 year or even a 100 year flood and wipe out everything.. I live not more than a mile from a river and couple lakes behind dams but I do live 650 ft above elevation, I have see it flood due to one dam having to open the flood gates and flood out 300+ homes due to getting 12 inches of rain in 3 hours. I have seen water go over the top of the other dam and short out all the transformers on the backside, wash away an 80 year old bridge and actually move the dam 6 feet on one side tearing it from the anchors in the mountain... Moral of this story is do not live in flood zones.
That was one of the criteria that mr. mm and I had when house hunting.
Aside from NO HOA’s, must have internet (for work), and can’t be too close to a road, NO FLOOD ZONES was on the DQ a house list.
Another lesson people learned is do NOT have an electric vehicle in an area which may get storm surge.
EV’s and salt water do NOT mix well. Some EVs burst into flame when saltwater shorted out their batteries.