The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly ...

In western North Carolina, the gaps in FEMA’s flood zones are even more pronounced. About 2,100 properties were in FEMA’s flood zone in Buncombe County compared to 19,500 identified as “at ...

At a poster session in July in Gross Hall, Duke Ph.D. student Aljouhra AlHargan pointed to a simulated map of homes and businesses ... more than a foot of rain on the tiny flood-prone town of Creswell ...

Only about 2% of residences in the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene-related power outages were protected by flood insurance, according to an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data ...