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

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has revised the floodplain risk maps that decide whether property owners have to buy flood insurance, and a city-led study may lead to further map ...

More than 500 properties in Missoula County newly appear in updated floodplain maps, according to Office of Planning and Grants floodplain administrator Todd Klietz.