Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially ...

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation's ...

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk ...

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...

FEMA is anticipated to open a 90-day public appeal and comment period in the winter where property owners can formally ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA failed to include multiple buildings on its flood risk map for Camp Mystic in ...

The FEMA Flood Map Service Center offers an interactive map that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter their address and see if ...

While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community input, the maps still don't capture everything.

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...

Overdevelopment in flood-prone areas and inadequate mapping from the Federal Emergency Management Agency likely contributed to the tragedy that unfolded in central Texas July 4, when sudden flooding ...