Monster hurricanes have assaulted southern states within the United ... FEMA is responsible for mapping our countryâ s flood risk.â So, what happens when those Flood Insurance Rate Maps ...

For years, experts have criticized the maps created by the United States’ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), officially known as the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), as woefully ...

With flash flood warnings spiking and concerns over severe weather increasing across Central Virginia, the City of Richmond ...

This year, extreme precipitation deluged communities across the United States — a hallmark ... location on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps. These high-risk zones, which ...

Nearly 350,000 properties in the state face flood hazards but are not recognized as high risks in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps ... to hit the United States.

On March 3, FEMA released a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Genesee County ... Flooding is the number one natural disaster in the United States. Community members should know ...

which began in 2015 when FEMA announced it would be updating area flood maps. The city responded by convening a working group including the United States Geological Survey, (USGS) which performed ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps, which determine who is required to buy flood insurance, are woefully outdated and focus on river and coastal inundation — but not on ...