As coastal Georgia rapidly develops and approaches an abnormally wet hurricane season, its flood zone maps need an upgrade.

Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend ...

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 ...

FEMA works with local communities through its Risk MAP program to collect updated data on flood hazards. As weather patterns shift and development continues, flood zones can change, which can put ...

FEMA approved requests to lift flood restrictions on Camp Mystic buildings for years, enabling expansion in a known hazard zone before the July 4 flash floods killed at least 27 people.

Locations with a high risk for flooding are marked as “Special Flood Hazard Area.” FEMA also groups communities into specific flood zones, each represented by a different letter of the alphabet.

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk ...

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

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - FEMA has changed the flood zone maps in Bay County for the first time since 2009. This went into effect this October, according to Bay County officials.

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