In the area hit hardest by the Hill Country floods, dozens of landowners used a little-known appeal process to shrink the flood zones around their properties.

Missoula County officials are preparing for the most significant floodplain changes in nearly 50 years, as updated maps are set to be published in early August.

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Updating the Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps is fraught, though, because acknowledging that a place floods can lower property values and require expensive insurance.

The storms could be accompanied by hail or damaging winds and have the highest chance of forming on Tuesday evening.

Texas lawmakers invited Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr., and City Manager Dalton Rice to testify at the hearing Thursday.

As coastal Georgia rapidly develops and approaches an abnormally wet hurricane season, its flood zone maps need an upgrade.

A map from Colorado State University shows where 100-year rainstorm events were documented in 2024. Colorado State University What Is a 100-Year Flood?

A new map highlights what many people living in the D.C. region already experience: There’s more flash flooding in areas where it wasn’t common in the past.