FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can ...

advertisement 07-16-2025 IMPACT Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks There are areas of the country that flood, some regularly, that don’t show up on the maps as at risk.

In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate steps to prepare and mitigate potential losses. But there are areas of the ...

Many camps in the Guadalupe river region are adjacent or are partially inside high-risk flood zones, according to maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

An analysis of flood maps shows that several buildings, including those where children were sleeping, were in known hazard zones. A $5 million expansion in 2019 did nothing to alleviate the problem.

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FEMA eyeing updates to flood zones in Santa Rosa. Is your property impacted? Properties identified as being high risk could face stricter insurance and building requirements.

Camp Mystic, Heart O’ the Hills and several other Kerr County camps hit by last weekend’s deadly floods sit partially in floodways and foodplains deemed “extremely hazardous” by officials.

Advertisement 'We're going to need a lot of help': Ruidoso begins recovery after historic flash flood Officials say that upwards of 50 homes were damaged by Tuesday's flooding.

Wings of Rescue is helping to make room in shelters for animals in flood zones. The non-profit brought in cats and dogs from Central Texas this morning.

FEMA adds 180 Richmond sites to high-risk flood zones in updated maps, potentially requiring more homeowners to purchase flood insurance.

Federal regulators repeatedly removed dozens of Camp Mystic’s cabins from their 100-year flood maps — clearing the way for the camp to expand into the dangerous floodplain years before the ...