The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flood watch for desert areas in southern California, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona, effective Wednesday, as heavy rain puts the region at ...

UN-SPIDER has released a new Recommended Practice that improves flood mapping by integrating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ...

A new floodplain map set to take effect in September is good news to the owners of more than 3,000 houses in Grand Island. If approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, houses north of ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has revised the floodplain risk maps that decide whether property owners have to buy flood insurance, and a city-led study may lead to further map changes.

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 ...

A long-awaited update to FEMA's flood maps for Harris County has been delayed again, eight years after Hurricane Harvey revealed how the current renderings drastically underestimate homeowners ...

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas.

As Nashville braces for more severe weather through the weekend, those with homes in a floodplain face the highest risk of dangerous flooding. Not sure if that's you? If you live in Davidson ...

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs. The revised map ...