Even a small amount of water inside a home can cause costly damage. Here’s how to assess your flood risk and what to do if you’re in the danger zone.

The state leaves building zoning and permits up to the individual counties. And in most non-city counties, such as Kerr, which had 96 deaths as of Thursday due to floods, some officials tend to be lenient towards building owners with restrictions, some state leaders and environmental experts told ABC News.

People living in flood-prone areas along parts of the East Coast were told to be ready to act if flooding intensifies.

Did you know that most homeowners’ insurance policies leave a wide opening for supplemental policies covering damage from tornadoes, hail, wind and hurricanes?

FEMA adds 180 Richmond sites to high-risk flood zones in updated maps, potentially requiring more homeowners to purchase flood insurance.

Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.