The city of Mitchell has hired an engineering service to challenge the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) floodplain map along Firesteel Creek. The Mitchell City Council in June approved an ...

Over 50 people accepted the City’s invitation to come to its community meeting Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church to discuss the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) map updates, which ...

New FEMA flood maps are available for Collier County homeowners. Some properties will be moved into "high-risk" flood zones.

Hurricane season is here, and one way people can protect themselves in case of a storm is to know whether they are in a flood zone.

Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey ...

"Home elevation, I think, is one of those techniques that you ... Building standards in flood zones are based on FEMA flood maps that use historical data and are often out of date. Many towns, like ...

A long-awaited update to FEMA's flood maps for Harris County has been delayed again, eight years after Hurricane Harvey revealed how the current renderings drastically underestimate homeowners ...

FEMA's flood maps for Terrebonne were made official earlier this month and will go into effect Sept. 7. During this time, the new maps will be brought before the Parish Council for ratification at ...

McKay added that two years ago, the town council "vowed" to look at FEMA flood maps because it was becoming harder to renovate property in Hazelwood thanks to the added construction costs. "I ran ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec. 20, and unsuspecting residents learned that they may now be required to buy flood insurance.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec. 20, and unsuspecting residents learned that they may now be required to buy flood insurance.

The higher base flood elevation also affects major renovation projects through FEMA’s "50% rule," a policy that requires projects in a special flood hazard area to employ the most recent flood ...