A peer‑reviewed study of 78 floods finds 43% of North Carolina buildings that took on water over the past two decades sit ...

The number of structures at risk of flooding in the United States could be higher than previously thought, according to a ...

Within the hazard zones, he said, FEMA will show the elevations of floodwaters, marking how high the water is expected to rise during a 100-year rainfall. There is a 1-percent chance of a 100-year ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to develop a new database aimed at providing more precise locations of ...

New evidence shows that Camp Mystic, the Texas girls’ summer camp where 27 campers and staff died after deadly flash floods on July 4, had successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management ...

Kerr County sits in a region known as Flash Flood Alley, and at least four cabins at Camp Mystic sat in an extremely ...

A year later, FEMA initiated a study that sought to map long-term erosion and future flood risks along New England coastlines. ... and we're projecting those into the future hazard zones." ...

The modified flood hazard determinations are made pursuant to section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act ...

These flood hazard determinations, together with the floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are required. They should not be construed to mean that the ...

Feb. 24—The Federal Emergency Management Agency has presented coastal erosion hazard projections for Essex County, including Cape Ann, for 2030, 2050 and 2100.

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)released a report that says a 7.7 magnitude earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone would cause widespread and ...