Cities and counties can strengthen their defenses — even on tight budgets — with smarter maps, stronger codes and regional coordination, a flood expert says.

Texans can check their home's flood risk using FEMA’s Flood Map Service, local floodplain administrators, and insurance tools ...

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

In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate ...

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

Camp Mystic, a renowned girls’ summer camp nestled by the Guadalupe River, faced tragedy when devastating floods struck the ...

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

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

As the nation watches floods continue to devastate neighborhoods across the country, Virginia is directing new funding toward local and regional efforts to manage flood risks. Communities across ...

At least 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic perished in Friday's floods, with the total death toll in the floods now ...

More cabins and buildings at Camp Mystic — the tragic site of more than two dozen deaths in the Texas flood — were at risk of ...