A Washington Post analysis shows how Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps underestimated the risk homeowners faced in areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. The federal government’s ...

Outdated FEMA flood maps labeled thousands of North Carolina homes as “low risk,” leaving residents blindsided when Hurricane Helene flooded their communities. One survivor’s story reveals ...

Helene, a Category 4 hurricane ... Experts say the problem is twofold. First, FEMA's flood maps, which determine whether a homeowner is required to purchase flood insurance, are outdated in ...

Floodwaters from Helene apparently knocked over a historical ... FEMA is looking at adding a forward-looking component to flood maps. For now, they are based entirely on the past, not what ...

Hurricane Helene's destructive path across the Southeast ... which require homeowners with a mortgage to purchase flood insurance. But these flood maps are often outdated or incomplete.

But experts say the flood maps used by the national program are ... That means events like the surge of Helene flooding that struck inland areas last week are almost entirely ignored — leaving ...

It was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. A map from the National Hurricane Center showed Helene heading north through Georgia early Friday, with its impacts being felt across South ...

Helene is highlighting the major gaps in ... The zones are determined by FEMA flood maps, which are widely considered outdated and inaccurate, failing to depict current flood risk.

Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by millions of ...

Hurricane Helene devastated the Appalachians late last ... Many areas of western North Carolina affected by flooding had FEMA ...