Years in the making, the draft FEMA floodplain maps rely on higher rainfall estimates and more advanced modeling techniques, ...

Have you noticed your insurance bills climbing? Or maybe your longtime provider sent you a polite but alarming letter saying they're leaving your area. You're not imagining things. What used to be a ...

Custom home builder Riverbend Homes completes an energy-efficient Hill Country residence in Spicewood, TX, showcasing ...

About 8,000 property owners near Stockton's Smith Canal will get financial relief after FEMA revised its flood insurance rate ...

New draft FEMA flood maps show expanded flood risk across Harris County, but officials say no insurance or regulatory changes ...

Blackburn said some areas, particularly in high-flood-risk corridors such as northeast Harris County, along Greens Bayou, ...

A Chronicle analysis found Harris County’s flood zones could expand substantially due to higher rainfall, more development and better modeling technology.

For the first time in nearly two decades, FEMA is getting ready to finalize a new flood map, reflecting the growing risk of ...

Updated federal flood maps in Southeast Texas may require more homeowners to carry flood insurance, expanding the 100-year floodplain.

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TORONTO - When Kathryn Bakos was house hunting a few years ago, her checklist included some things that might not come first in mind for a dream home. “I did not want a reverse-sloped driveway,” she ...

Democrats should back Sylvia Garcia in the 29th Congressional District. Her district changed, her commitment to constituents ...