The ingredients that led to the Hill Country disaster — steep terrain, swollen rivers and unsuspecting people in harm’s way — ...

As parts of the Midwest continued to experience catastrophic flooding overnight and into Monday, dangerous heat and humidity ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.

Heavy rainfall across Iowa has caused rivers to surge far above their normal levels, creating potentially hazardous conditions for those considering water acti ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - A revised study of the two remaining options for flood control along the Pearl River continues to ...

Even with the removal of dozens of buildings from FEMA's 100-year flood plain, records show Camp Mystic lobbied to have dozens of buildings removed from the designation.

However, during the April 1927 Mississippi River flood, the house was again in use by the Board of Supervisors as an isolation ward, run by the American Red Cross, for flood refugees with ...

Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks. Eastland ...

Flooding is the most common and costly natural disaster in the United States, and it doesn't take a major storm to create major problems. Now, a free tool makes it easier than ever to check whether ...

Along the river banks in Kerr County, the all-girls Camp Mystic was overrun by flood waters, which claimed the lives of 27 campers and counselors and swept multiple buildings from their foundations.

‘Outdated’ maps At its maximum point, the floodwaters were recorded to be more than 500 feet from the Guadalupe River banks, and more than 200 feet from the edge of the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, ...