The city of Chicago has the highest number of unreported flood-prone properties in the U.S. according to data from the New ...

Some guardrails exist when it comes to building on flood plains. For property owners in flood-prone areas to tap federal flood insurance, localities have to enact minimum building standards set by ...

Most of the camps were built decades ago, before modern modeling and flood maps. Counties have little power to regulate ...

Yet, in many parts of the country, it is easy to move into a flood-prone building and not know you're in harm's way. Despite the risk, 14 states do not require that any information about flooding ...

Kerr County sits in a region known as Flash Flood Alley, and at least four cabins at Camp Mystic sat in an extremely hazardous “floodway.” Numerous others stood in the path of a 100-year flood. When ...

They rate flood zones based on different categories. The flood insurance is based on what zone you are in," he said. "Most of the jurisdictions won't allow you to build if you can't provide insurance.

Some guardrails exist when it comes to building on flood plains. For property owners in flood-prone areas to tap federal flood insurance, localities have to enact minimum building standards set by ...