FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.

Updated FEMA flood maps coming to York and Cumberland Counties Foley's home falls within a zone that FEMA said faces a small, but significant annual risk of a 100-year-flood.

The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, and nationwide as many ...

The Bismarck City Commission reluctantly voted to approve updated flood risk maps, effectively ending the city's fight with the Federal Emergency Management Agency over flood insurance maps.

Reports show 30 Camp Mystic structures were removed from a 100-year National Flood Insurance map repeatedly, loosening camp oversight.

Multiple lawmakers on the Indiana Drainage Task Force expressed concerns on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, about the accuracy of the state’s floodplain maps and said they now support a more robust ...

The map, which experts call an innovative achievement that reduces flood damage, faces opposition from lawmakers, developers and property owners.

“People should not rely exclusively on FEMA flood maps in this stage of climate change, because the flood maps only look backwards.

Hays County Preliminary flood maps released for Hays County, portions of Central Texas cities Preliminary FEMA flood maps are ready to review.

But, FEMA flood maps — the primary source of flood risk information for homebuyers — were poorly predictive of where the stormwater flooding was most likely to occur, the report says.

Indiana’s website explains the history of floodplain issues in the state and allows you to use mapping to check areas around the state.

Are enough Hoosiers up to date on statewide floodplain mapping? How are landowners being notified about changes to those maps? And should property owners have more say, overall, in what ...