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

Roanoke’s updated Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodplain maps have been approved and a little more than half of total properties were unaffected by the new maps, according to a ...

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

BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. -- FEMA announced preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are now available for review by residents and business owners in Berrien County.

An 87-year-old Clarksville woman, who doesn’t live in a designated floodplain, has had her home flood four times since 2009.

Significant community review of the maps has already taken place, but before the maps become final, community stakeholders can identify any concerns or questions about the information provided and ...

Flood insurance mandates loom for Harris County residents who fall in updated FEMA flood zones, though official maps have been delayed for another year.

Our objectives include assessing demographic attributes within and outside 500-year floodplains, identifying household and population flood injustices, and overlaying 500-year floodplain maps and ...

Historical erosion data and flood maps kept by the state are useful, she said, but the FEMA maps incorporated sea level rise to project potential future erosion over time. The Biden administration ...

As Nashville braces for more severe weather through the weekend, those with homes in a floodplain face the highest risk of dangerous flooding.

Local News Sabine County residents invited to appeal or comment on FEMA flood maps Once comments and appeals are resolved, FEMA will notify communities of the effective date of the final maps.

The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) released new data last month to revise floodplain maps. Following the release of the data, the Lake of the Ozarks community stirred up concerns with flood ...