Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction. The Dec ...

Flooding isn’t just a risk for those living near hurricane-prone coastlines or riverbanks—floodwaters can rise almost anywhere, including areas where homeowners least expect it. Even a single ...

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 ...

Brigantine municipal officials recently received guidelines regarding the new FEMA Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps. The following information is based on these guidelines. Prior to Sandy, FEMA was ...

PETERSBURG – Township committee will hold a public hearing and final vote tonight on a zoning ordinance that adopts advisory base flood elevation maps proposed by FEMA, and increases building height ...

Clay County logo with Black Creek flooding (WJXT, Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.) CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – FEMA is updating Clay County’s Flood ...

According to the Congressional Budget Office, over 9% of properties in the United States are at risk of flooding. When disaster strikes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is in charge ...

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 ...

With all the festivity of the holidays, you may not have noticed a recent distressing occurrence in your mailbox. While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...