Flooding is the most common and costly natural disaster in the United States, and it doesn't take a major storm to create major problems. Now, a free tool makes it easier than ever to check whether ...

Jeremy Porter is a professor of quantitative methods in the social sciences at the City University of New York. In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand ...

When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas areas considered high risk on Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance maps, it did what many property owners do: It hired engineers to ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – County residents who own property in a former Recovery Map High Hazard Area (HHA) for floodingmay no ...

There are 606,000 residential policies in Texas under the National Flood Insurance Program. Roughly half of those are in Harris County.

New Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps that took effect Friday in Ukiah could impact low-income property owners ...

Starting September 1st, Vermont property sellers will no longer have to determine if a property lies within a FEMA flood hazard area. Sellers will now be required to provide buyers with a FEMA flood ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...