The Flood Insurance Rate ... s officially designated flood zones. For years, experts have criticized the maps created by the United States’ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), officially ...

With flash flood warnings spiking and concerns over severe weather increasing across Central Virginia, the City of Richmond is taking action to finalize updated FEMA flood maps that will go into ...

Louisiana, California and swaths of the ... But far more people could be at risk. FEMA's 100-year flood zone maps include just under 8 million properties. But First Street estimates that nearly ...

National Weather Service forecasters are predicting the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30, to have above-normal activity.

Local officials and emergency management experts say that Louisiana could face a disaster on top of a disaster in the event ...

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana stood on the Senate floor with charts to argue that FEMA’s method for determining flood insurance ...

Four board members have resigned in recent months in protest over changes pursued by Gov. Jeff Landry at the flood protection ...

The Amite River Basin Commission, a Baton Rouge regional agency most tied to the long-running Comite River Diversion Canal, ...

The average cost of flood insurance from the federal government is $899 per year nationwide. Under FEMA’s current rating system, some policyholders will find their flood insurance rates going up ...

Home buyers are grappling with hidden flood histories and shifting disclosure laws, while real estate agents urge careful research into FEMA maps and local drainage projects. Storms like Helene ...

More than 100 homes have now been inundated and dozens of locals airlifted to safety as the flood emergency escalates in western Queensland. An unusually long wave period has been detected ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Multimedia journalist Jas Kang spoke with someone who lost his home in the Eaton Fire, a volunteer and state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez about the fire's impact and evacuation process. Click ...