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

Preparations for a possible flood in Santa Rosa this year include more than having a disaster kit ready because residents will be asked to obtain flood insurance for newly designated flood-prone areas ...

Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or ...

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 ...

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 director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency sent his federal counterpart a letter this month urging the ...

The State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has ...

According to FEMA, Risk Rating 2.0 was created under the Biden administration as a new approach to flood risk assessment through new data.

More cabins and buildings at Camp Mystic — the tragic site of more than two dozen deaths in the Texas flood — were at risk of flooding than what the federal government had previously reported, ...

FEMA provides aid after natural disasters, but it’s not meant to replace your home insurance plan, especially as the agency is facing major changes.

An NPR investigation finds that flood risk data from FEMA is out of date and that private companies show millions of people at risk from high waters. Laura Sullivan, on NPR’s investigations team, has ...