While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community ...

Even a small amount of water inside a home can cause costly damage. Here’s how to assess your flood risk and what to do if ...

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

The deadly Texas floods have raised questions about U.S. flood maps and their ability to ensure communities can prepare for ...

The most common reference for flood risk are the flood insurance rate maps, also known as 100-year floodplain maps, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, produces.

As FEMA updates its decades-old flood maps, critics say some homes are wrongly ending up in flood zones. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has delayed decisions on flood zone determinations — in some cases by two years or more — and currently has more than 240 mapping projects on hold ...

Sarasota residents raise concerns about new FEMA flood zone map. Around 6,000 homes were moved into FEMA's new flood zone mapping with up to 1,000 along the Honore Avenue axis in Palmer Ranch.

LYNN – City Council met briefly Monday evening for a special meeting to vote on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

FEMA's new maps for Brevard put his house in a higher-risk flood area and he now would be required to fork out $5,830 in flood insurance. That's $485 a month vs. the $400 annually he had been ...

Some high-poverty areas are covered under the new flood maps, an area of concern for members of North Dakota's congressional delegation in May 2023 when they urged FEMA to delay or abandon the maps.

New maps are giving experts a better idea of areas at risk for ... More than 65,000 people were told they could be affected by new preliminary flood zone maps created by FEMA. Skip to content.