On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

President Trump announced plans to phase out FEMA after the 2025 hurricane season, according to a Reuters report. Trump ...

The most common reference for flood risk are the flood insurance rate maps, also known as 100-year floodplain maps, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, produces.

These maps are created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, and are used to determine flood insurance rates and to help communities plan for and respond to floods.

FEMA’s maps weren’t created to warn. FIRM’s shortfalls date to their creation in the 1960s, prompted by new laws passed to better protect and insure properties from flood.

A Washington Post analysis shows how Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps underestimated the risk homeowners faced in areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. Updated October 13, 2024 8 min ...

The Mitchell City Council in June approved an agreement with HDR Engineering to review and update FEMA’s mapping of the Firesteel Creek floodplain model within and just west of Lake Mitchell. HDR will ...

QUINCY ‒ Revisions to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood maps will save hundreds of Quincy property owners money for insurance costs, according to city officials. The new map will ...