Flooding is the most common and costly natural disaster in the United States, and it doesn't take a major storm to create major problems. Now, a free tool makes it easier than ever to check whether ...

For almost 20 years, homeowners in Harris County, Texas, have used the same federal flood maps to determine whether their homes were at risk. Then came Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and about 70% of the ...

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone. By Mike Baker In the years ...