India, July 14 -- More than a decade before devastating floods swept through Central Texas and killed 27 people at Camp Mystic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) granted the camp's request to remove several buildings from the official flood zone, according to agency records.

Back in 2013, FEMA approved an appeal from Camp Mystic, a Christian camp for girls, to exclude 15 of its buildings near the Guadalupe River from what is known as a Special Flood Hazard Area. That's the zone where a so-called "100-year flood" - one with a 1% chance of happening in any year - could hit, according to Washington Post report.

FEMA documents show that some of those buildings were just a few feet above the level a major flood might reach. At l...