Per their website, â FEMA is responsible for mapping our countryâ s flood risk.â So, what happens when those Flood Insurance Rate Maps are so antiquated that they do not provide ...

A flood map is a representation of areas that have a high risk of flooding. These maps are created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, and are used to determine flood ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

By Christopher Flavelle Christopher Flavelle has covered FEMA and flood regulations for almost a decade. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided to stop enforcing rules designed to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has published a final rule that aims to enhance the nation’s resilience to persistent flooding by requiring communities that receive funds to consider ...

A FEMA disaster survivor assistance team specialist leaves an informational pamphlet at the end of a ... their black SUV and headed down a bumpy, flood-scarred Class IV road to another spot ...