Some of Harris County's most popular residential communities have been built on land once mapped as part of the floodplain.

The regions most likely to see changes on the new maps are the eastern portion of the city of Santa Barbara to the Ventura County line, along with some portions of the Santa Ynez Valley. Even though ...

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Santa Barbara County will transition to the newly updated FEMA flood hazard map (also known as FEMA’s Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map) today, replacing all previous ...

VERNON COUNTY, Wis. (WKBT) -- Property owners have 90 days to review updated flood maps that could impact their insurance costs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released preliminary flood risk ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New federal flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) for Oahu take effect next week. The new maps are the first major island-wide remapping of Oʻahu in more than 10 years, and ...

Milwaukee has repeatedly experienced devastating floods, with climate change increasing the frequency of "100-year storms." Despite infrastructure improvements, the city's response is outpaced by the ...

Flooding in downtown Houston after Hurricane Harvey hit the region in August 2017. For every square mile of land that’s being moved out of Harris County's floodplains, roughly four miles have been ...

WEIR, Texas (KXAN) – As Central Texas enters another severe weather season, Williamson County leaders are taking steps to better understand where flooding could happen in the future. The Williamson ...

New FEMA flood maps are raising questions for some Harris County homeowners about flood insurance and future property rules. Coffee found to have startling effect on aging, says new study He was ...

A screenshot of the proposed new Butler County floodplain map. Residents can enter their address on this online tool and see if their home would be impacted. Kansas Department of Agriculture Butler ...