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 ...

A long-awaited update to FEMA's flood maps for Harris County has been delayed again, eight years after Hurricane Harvey revealed how the current renderings drastically underestimate homeowners ...

Ithaca’s Common Council will vote to adopt new FEMA flood maps and update floodplain management regulations at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, April 16, at Ithaca City Hall. The proposed law, adopting ...

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.

You can keep an eye on areas that are reporting flooding with our map below. A flood watch and a flood warning are two different things. Here's the difference. A flood watch indicates that the ...

You can keep an eye on areas that are reporting flooding with our map below. Nashville flooding map: Keep an eye on river levels and where it could flood Nashville weather updates: More than 60K ...

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs. The revised map ...

The second phase of the project, which will traverse the eastern shore of Laguna Lake from Binangonan, Rizal, to Calamba, Laguna, is still being studied but the results are expected by the end of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) is on track to reconnect Calamba, Laguna and Legazpi, Albay this year, but efforts to revive the old line to Manila have to wait due ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — In about two weeks, more than 16,000 properties in Palm Beach County will be affected by changes FEMA made to flood maps. People living in our area are now under ...

PANAMA CITY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revised and reissued its Flood Insurance Study for Bay County. The new flood zone map pushes flooding threats further inland from ...

(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) A Washington Post analysis shows how Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps underestimated the risk homeowners faced in areas devastated by Hurricane ...