While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community ...

The deadly Texas floods have raised questions about U.S. flood maps and their ability to ensure communities can prepare for ...

The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, and nationwide as many ...

FEMA is anticipated to open a 90-day public appeal and comment period in the winter where property owners can formally ...

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

The FEMA Flood Map Service Center offers an interactive map that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter their address and see if ...

Less than 5% of homes in the county's FEMA floodplain had flood coverage, well below the national average. Uptake was even ...

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...

Since 1968, FEMA has calculated and mapped flood risk for communities across the country. The agency uses these maps to set rates for its National Flood Insurance Program.

FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, which insures $1.25 trillion in assets, relies on these maps to assess risk, set premiums and determine who is required to purchase flood insurance.

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.

The July Fourth flood moved so quickly in the middle of the night that it caught many off guard in a county that lacked a ...