Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in ...

A map from Colorado State University shows where 100-year rainstorm events were documented in 2024. Colorado State University What Is a 100-Year Flood?

FEMA has proposed updated flood maps that now include some Clearwater neighborhoods, following unprecedented flooding during ...

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

At least 18 youth summer camps across North Carolina stand on or are very near federally designated floodways and flood zones ...

A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger ...

About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own ...

It's peak hurricane season but we use out-of-date maps to make decisions about insurance and where to build houses, ...

Roughly a third of Charleston County’s schools are in a flood zone. As the climate changes, they could become more vulnerable ...

As coastal Georgia rapidly develops and approaches an abnormally wet hurricane season, its flood zone maps need an upgrade.