The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have released revised preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps and an updated Flood Insurance Study for ...

Refugio County commissioners on Tuesday heard a proposal from the Nueces River Authority to join a multi-county effort to modernize floodplain maps and improve regional flood modeling, but the court ...

Climate and land use change are increasingly altering the water balance and flood dynamics of East African wetlands. In Tanzania’s Kilombero floodplain, rice cultivation relies on seasonal flooding, ...

After years of back and forth, new flood maps with major implications for property owners’ land values, insurance rates and building costs along a watershed stretching from Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In the wake of the historic August 12th flooding, Chattanooga city council is sharing how new federal floodplain maps could affect Chattanooga residents' homes and wallets. The ...

Residents whose Hamilton County properties are included in new, more restrictive floodplain maps are being encouraged to contact a flood insurance agent. To view the Effective maps (current, until ...

SIERRA COUNTY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for creating maps of areas in which flooding has a 1% chance of occurring per year (colloquially known as a 100-year flood ...

MISSOULA — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new draft floodplain maps for Missoula County for the first time in close to five decades. "Updated topography, new elevations captured ...

MISSOULA COUNTY, Mont. – Preliminary floodplain maps for the Clark Fork River, Bitterroot River and Rock Creek are now available in Missoula County. These maps showcase the most current flood risk ...

For the first time in 50 years, FEMA is updating the Missoula County floodplain maps, bringing the zones up to date with current flood risks from rivers such as the Clark Fork and the Lower Bitterroot ...

LIVINGSTON, Mont.—When a torrential flood struck this town nestled on the banks of the Yellowstone River in 2022, it swamped areas that scientists had long predicted were susceptible to flooding.

Many of the maps that dictate the riskiest flood zones in Western N.C. and elsewhere haven’t been updated in years. Local governments often fight the changes. The people of Key West, Florida, are ...