The nation’s deadliest floods put the crisis in clearer focus: In the Texas Hill Country, certain buildings on the grounds of ...

A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger ...

FEMA has proposed updated flood maps that now include some Clearwater neighborhoods, following unprecedented flooding during ...

Experts in flood mitigation see a national system decades behind. A recently disbanded FEMA advisory group was supposed to ...

Parts of New York City’s subway system also flooded. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps are intended to be the nation’s primary tool for identifying flood risks.

Starting in September, property sellers won't need to inform buyers whether their land is in a flood zone. What they have to do instead.

Some residents living near Alligator Creek in northern Pinellas County may need to purchase flood insurance next year. The ...

Santa Barbara County residents who own property in a former Recovery Map High Hazard Area (HHA) for flooding may no longer need permitting review from the ...

It's peak hurricane season but we use out-of-date maps to make decisions about insurance and where to build houses, ...

Just one month after deadly Texas floods claimed more than 130 lives, officials in Fulton County have created new, digital ...

Property owners and lessees have 90 days from Thursday to appeal aspects of the new Flood Insurance Rate Map developed by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. If the process goes smoothly, the maps ...

FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map for Wayne County, New York. The updated maps were produced in coordination with local, state and FEMA officials.