New draft FEMA flood maps show expanded flood risk across Harris County, but officials say no insurance or regulatory changes ...

Years in the making, the draft FEMA floodplain maps rely on higher rainfall estimates and more advanced modeling techniques, ...

The Misleading Name That Confuses Millions The term "100-year flood" sounds like a once-in-a-century event, doesn't it? Here's the thing though.That's not what it means at all - FEMA states that a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery's childhood home in Hunt, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images ...

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It’s almost hurricane season, and for the growing number of prospective Houston homeowners, that means making sure their dream home does not end up underwater. As massive metros like New York and Los ...

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. The ...

About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal. When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas ...

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone. By Mike Baker In the years ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the ...