When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas areas considered high risk on Federal Emergency Management Agency flood ...

A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger ...

The agency's maps can be found online at fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata. APPEALS PERIOD If by Nov. 15 no technical challenges are filed, FEMA has 30 to 45 days to produce detailed maps.

The higher base flood elevation also affects major renovation projects through FEMA’s "50% rule," a policy that requires projects in a special flood hazard area to employ the most recent flood ...

The town also saw a small stretch of land near the Atlantic Coast between East Inlet Drive and Onondaga Avenue switched from a special flood hazard zone to a low-risk flood zone. It’s all part of FEMA ...

FEMA let Camp Mystic operate in 100-year flood zone despite deadly warnings for years: ‘Particularly disturbing’ - Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s ...

Many Americans are buying homes in flood zones—and don't realize it The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government ...

As the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) completes revisions on updated special flood hazard area maps for Santa Barbara County, Santa Ynez Valley residents are encouraged to heed zone change ...

In total, 30 buildings were reportedly removed from the hazard zone between 2013 and 2020 RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty More than a dozen Camp Mystic buildings were removed from a FEMA flood map ...

FEMA has a little over a dozen flood zone classifications based on the estimated frequency of storms that could cause flooding in an area. High-risk zones are known as a Special Flood Hazard Area ...