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Nearly 400 Harris County schools could move to higher-risk flood zones under new FEMA draft maps.

Exclusive: New FEMA maps may push 386 Houston schools to higher flood risk

Experts say affected school districts — including Cy-Fair, Houston and Pasadena ISDs — could face growing insurance costs, expensive projects and limits on how they build.

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