We recently spoke with this group of cartographers to learn more about why and how they built this map as a panorama.

Like the people of the Swiss Alps, the Langtangpa have been living with avalanches for centuries, and they have used both ...

FEMA recently held an open house to introduce the public to pending flood maps, an overview of the review process, and a ...

The city of Pullman is inviting community feedback on proposed flood hazard maps for Whitman County. The city announced in a ...

Richmond's new flood hazard map adds many properties to risk zones, potentially requiring owners to buy flood insurance. City ...

The Flood Insurance Rate ... “the final map looks nothing like what FEMA originally proposed,” with a much smaller area tagged a hazard, he says. Property values do in fact decline when ...

The new maps take all of this into account when drawing the line along the coast that delineates ... to recognize their exposure to Wisconsin’s most destructive natural hazard. Flood maps are ...

Where there are now stands of trees, they see a sprawling lawn to host events, walking and biking trails to welcome residents and visitors, and maybe an amphitheater to draw even more activity to ...

MEQUON, Wis. — Dozens of Mequon residents are on the hook for flood insurance that city leaders now believe they shouldn't have to pay. When the Federal Emergency Managment Agency's new ...

"It was kind of a surprise when the maps came." Residents in other towns such as Perinton and Pittsford also have had issues with the accuracy of the flood hazard maps. Any revisions or amendments ...

The newly released interactive maps categorize fire hazard zones into three levels: Moderate, High, and Very High. These classifications draw from both ... similarly to flood zone maps, "where ...