While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community ...

FEMA is anticipated to open a 90-day public appeal and comment period in the winter where property owners can formally ...

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had ...

Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or ...

Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially ...

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 ...

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

FEMA provides aid after natural disasters, but it’s not meant to replace your home insurance plan, especially as the agency is facing major changes.

An NPR investigation finds that flood risk data from FEMA is out of date and that private companies show millions of people at risk from high waters. Laura Sullivan, on NPR’s investigations team, has ...

According to FEMA, Risk Rating 2.0 was created under the Biden administration as a new approach to flood risk assessment through new data. The system checks factors such as flood frequency, flood ...