Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map ...

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 FEMA’s ...

Updates to Monroe County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) are nearly complete. The new map will provide Monroe County with up-to-date flood risk information and tools that can be used to enhance local ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has unveiled preliminary flood maps for Butte County and the City of Chico, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Property owners will have a chance to appeal the federal government’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps on Oahu. Over the past five years, FEMA has studied flood risks near ...

A deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery's childhood home in Hunt, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is currently undergoing a mapping project in Box Butte County, Nebraska to provide up-to-date flood risk information for the county. The open house is scheduled ...

DIXON COUNTY, Neb.-- Dixon County property owners have 90 days to provide additional information before an update to the county's Flood Insurance Rate Map is completed. The new map will provide ...

VIENNA – Changes in the National Flood Insurance Program and how it will affect residents in the city were discussed Thursday. “If you live in the floodplain and have flood insurance, your rate will ...

Fairfield County residents and property owners will have an opportunity to view the newly revised digital preliminary flood ...

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 ...