Some longtime residents question the accuracy of FEMA's flood risk designations as city prepares to approve updated map showing expanded hazard areas RICHMOND, Va. — If you own a home or ...

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The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

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 ...

Ithaca’s Common Council will vote to adopt new FEMA flood maps and update floodplain management regulations at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, April 16, at Ithaca City Hall. The proposed law, adopting ...

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas.

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs. The revised map ...

BISMARCK, Mo. — Multiple evacuations are underway south of St. Louis as downpours caused flooding in numerous communities and pushed a levee to the breaking point Monday afternoon. Flash flood ...

PANAMA CITY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revised and reissued its Flood Insurance Study for Bay County. The new flood zone map pushes flooding threats further inland from ...

(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) A Washington Post analysis shows how Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps underestimated the risk homeowners faced in areas devastated by Hurricane ...

Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by millions of ...