If Steve Dunning’s Okie Dokies Smokehouse in Swannanoa appeared on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps, his ...

In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate steps to prepare and mitigate potential losses. But there are areas of the ...

Federal emergency authorities removed dozens of structures from a Texas summer camp s official flood hazard map in the years ...

In recent years, the rise of climate risk analytics models and private flood risk data have allowed the real estate, finance and insurance industries to rely less on FEMA's maps.

-- New high-tech maps are forcing many U.S. homeowners to buy flood insurance for the first time, while others who have had coverage are being cleared to drop their policies. The changes stem from ...

Property owners here pay over $1.28 million per year in premiums for flood insurance, but in the 26-year history of the program, only $26,797 in claims have been paid.

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

The proposed law, adopting FEMA’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps, would go into effect June 18, so long as the council sends it to the DEC by May 19.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map's 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street's more detailed 100-year flood zone ...

In recent years, the rise of climate risk analytics models and private flood risk data have allowed the real estate, finance and insurance industries to rely less on FEMA’s maps.