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.

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

FEMA scaled back huge sections of the highest-risk flood zones, called V or velocity zones, in four counties under its new flood maps. The difference between being in a V Zone and an A Zone, a ...

As FEMA updates its decades-old flood maps, critics say some homes are wrongly ending up in flood zones. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood insurance maps are critically important for millions of Americans who live in flood-prone areas. The maps determine the annual premiums for flood ...

When FEMA first released preliminary maps for the Green River Valley in 2007 — well before the problems with the storm-damaged Howard Hanson Dam were identified — several billion dollars worth ...

Most National Flood Insurance Program rates across the metro New Orleans area likely will remain the same when FEMA and local governments approve new preliminary flood insurance maps sometime next ...

Many areas of western North Carolina affected by flooding had FEMA flood maps that were 12 to 15 years old, according to Anna ...

This screenshot shows the revised federal flood maps for the Shore Acres section of Brick Township. FEMA officially released the updated maps for Atlantic, Hudson, Monmouth and Ocean on Monday.

Experts say Federal Emergency Management Agency maps are often incomplete or outdated and don’t adequately reflect the threat of flooding. FEMA says its maps are simply “snapshots in time of ...