Outdated FEMA flood maps labeled thousands of North Carolina ... Williams says she would have acted differently during Helene had she known the risk. “It’s 2024—the technology is there ...

Helene, a Category 4 hurricane, brought unprecedented rainfall, storm surges and coastal flooding to vulnerable ... First, FEMA's flood maps, which determine whether a homeowner is required ...

When Kriston Hicks first got an alert of a flash flood emergency at ... risk of life-threatening flooding” along the Tennessee-North Carolina border as Helene moved through.

Only about 2% of residences in the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene-related ... not cover the risk of flooding,” said Trevor Burgess, the CEO of Neptune Flood, who lives in St ...

FEMA’s maps underplay risks everywhere, but especially in mountainous regions like rural North Carolina and Tennessee where Helene unleashed the most catastrophic flooding.When the research ...

(The Center Square) – An estimated $406 million in damage was avoided during Hurricane Helene because of flood mitigation ... “We saw a record amount of flooding and we saw tremendous amounts ...

All but a few of the maps ... to Helene include philosophical differences over how much government should try to reduce the risk of flood damage and uncertainty over how likely flooding is in ...

Photo: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson The family of a Tennessee employee who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene has filed ... was aware of the flood risks, and while employees ...

Collier County is under a local state of emergency as Tropical Storm Helene ... flood event. There's at least a one in four chance of flooding within a 30-year mortgage Marked as A or V on flood ...

The result is a dangerously low number take it, leaving millions of people without financial protection from floods and their increasing damage. States flooded by Helene exemplify the problem.