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

A peer‑reviewed study of 78 floods finds 43% of North Carolina buildings that took on water over the past two decades sit ...

The new maps, which update floodways, the 100-year floodplain and special flood hazard areas, will be available through the ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

Locations with a high risk for flooding are marked as “Special Flood Hazard Area.” FEMA also groups communities into specific flood zones, each represented by a different letter of the alphabet.

Back in 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp, in a “Special Flood Hazard Area” for its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, ...

Federal emergency authorities removed dozens of structures from a Texas summer camp s official flood hazard map in the years ...

PREPARATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE FLOOD in Santa Rosa this year include more than having a disaster kit ready because residents ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to develop a new database aimed at providing more precise locations of ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - FEMA has changed the flood zone maps in Bay County for the first time since 2009. This went into effect this October, according to Bay County officials.

He said his calls to FEMA to explain the flip-flop on flood coverage went nowhere -- so he called 7 On Your Side. We contacted FEMA and asked them to take another look at the flood zone mapping.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...