After Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall, the deepest moisture and heaviest rain is forecast to track across eastern Virginia, southern Maryland and Delaware. This is a zone to watch for potential ...

Charlotte Water crews are responding after more than 380,000 gallons of wastewater spilled in north Charlotte.

FEMA re­assesses Tampa's flood zones after hur­ri­canes BY Fadia Patterson Tampa UPDATED 11:47 AM ET Apr. 24, 2025 ...

Flood maps still lag reality Webber’s café sat outside the official FEMA flood zone, outdated maps based on a model from the 1970s. She never bought flood insurance.

That program approved $8 million in county stormwater funds to be used to purchase homes in the flood-prone area. In the Quick Buy Program, the county offers residents a fair value plus 7% for ...

Buchanan said the A zone "is an approximate" flood zone. "It’s an area that hasn’t been studied as in depth," Buchanan said. On newer maps, the AE zone replaced zones A1 – A30.

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs.

A 2019 Charlotte Observer file photo shows residents of Riverside Drive evacuating due to major flooding in their neighborhood that June. They called that one the area’s hundred-year flood.

Months after Helene-related flooding pummeled this area of Mecklenburg County, residents continue to cope with the kinds of messes you might imagine still need cleaning up in Western North Carolina.

The need for flood insurance when buying a house in a flood zone is critical, and if the home you’re buying is in an SFHA high-risk zone, your mortgage lender will likely require it.

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction. The ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - FEMA has changed the flood zone maps in Bay County for the first time since 2009. This went into effect this October, according to Bay County officials.