In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate ...

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

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had ...

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them ...

On average, it takes five to seven years to develop and implement a new FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. As a result, many maps across the U.S. are significantly out of date, often failing to reflect ...

Donald Trump is set to visit Texas for the first time since devastating floods killed at least 120 people last week as new analysis of FEMA maps suggest the agency underestimated the risk ...

Videos of drivers trapped in vehicles submerged in Ruidoso flood waters are making the rounds on social media — a stark reminder of the importance of following warnings from local emergency ...

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 ...

Equity frameworks were never used to redirect cash from the record $2.5 billion flood bond passed after Hurricane Harvey. A Thursday decision changed that.

Texas County is under a flood watch until 1 p.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service said. Rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches, with localized heavier amounts of 3 to 5 inches have already ...

A flood watch has been issued for all of Western Pennsylvania as high heat and humidity continues.

China has expanded the economic safeguards for segments of its population affected by flood control schemes in times of extreme rainfall, including pledges of direct compensation from the central ...