FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can ...

In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate ...

The FEMA Flood Map Service Center offers an interactive map that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter their address and see if ...

While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community input, the maps still don't capture everything.

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...

Federal emergency authorities removed dozens of structures from a Texas summer camp s official flood hazard map in the years ...

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp ...

Many camps in the Guadalupe river region are adjacent or are partially inside high-risk flood zones, according to maps from ...