AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Tropical Storm Chantal flooded Carrboro's Weatherhill Pointe, displacing dozens. FEMA maps excluded the area from high-risk zones, ...

When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas areas considered high risk on Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance maps, it did what many property owners do: It hired engineers to ...

A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger higher insurance costs and restrictions on construction. Reading time 3 ...

HOUSTON — A new website launched Monday that ranks the flood risk for every property in the United States. “Flood Factor” considers the impacts of rain, storms, rivers and rising seas to offer ...

Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will host an in-person open house from 3 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 21 at Lake George Town Hall, located at 20 Old Post Road in Lake George, to ...

New Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps that took effect Friday in Ukiah could impact low-income property owners who may have to buy flood insurance for the first time. The new FEMA flood ...

When flash floods tore through Kerr County on July 4, Phillip Roberson’s home on the banks of the Guadalupe River filled with nine feet of water. Part of the 3.5-acre property had once been designated ...

FEMA has been funding such efforts for decades through its property buyout program. It has invested nearly $4 billion to purchase and raze approximately 45,000 flood-prone homes nationwide, most of ...

WYOMING COUNTY, N.Y. — FEMA is proposing updates to Wyoming County's Flood Insurance Rate Map and is inviting community members to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period. The 90-day appeal ...

Starting September 1st, Vermont property sellers will no longer have to determine if a property lies within a FEMA flood hazard area. Sellers will now be required to provide buyers with a FEMA flood ...