WASHINGTON, May 25-- The Library of Congress issued the following news: The Library of Congress has placed online nearly 25,000 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, which depict the structure and use of ...

New flood insurance maps for New Orleans, expected to be made final Wednesday (March 30) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, promise dramatically lower premiums for many property owners within ...

Interactive map from Karen Davenport and Sonia Sekhar shows that one carrier dominates the market in 17 states, and two dominate in 22 more. The interactive on this page uses a deprecated technology ...

In the mid-1800s, the fledgling U.S. insurance industry began commissioning mapmakers to produce specialized maps to assess fire risks in urban areas. Many of these historic fire insurance maps have ...

When experts from FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program greeted visitors during a five-hour open house designed to explain proposed new flood insurance maps for New Orleans on Monday, they brought ...

PLUM ISLAND — Many landowners along the local coast and waterways are being hit by a dramatic increase in flood insurance costs, an issue that has been made harder by a lack of information about how ...

The San Marcos City Council approved six to one with one absent, on the first of two readings, the amendment of the Flood Damage Prevention portion of the San Marcos City Code by adopting a ...

HAMPTON — Hampton has its new floodplain maps in hand, and as town officials continue to evaluate the changes, floodplain experts say there are a number of things locals can do to ensure they're ...

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...