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

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 Federal Emergency Management Agency has delayed decisions on flood zone determinations — in some cases by two years or more — and currently has more than 240 mapping projects on hold ...

The most common reference for flood risk are the flood insurance rate maps, also known as 100-year floodplain maps, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, produces.

Sarasota residents raise concerns about new FEMA flood zone map. Around 6,000 homes were moved into FEMA's new flood zone mapping with up to 1,000 along the Honore Avenue axis in Palmer Ranch.

As FEMA updates its decades-old flood maps, critics say some homes are wrongly ending up in flood zones. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

FEMA's new maps for Brevard put his house in a higher-risk flood area and he now would be required to fork out $5,830 in flood insurance. That's $485 a month vs. the $400 annually he had been ...

LYNN – City Council met briefly Monday evening for a special meeting to vote on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

New maps are giving experts a better idea of areas at risk for ... More than 65,000 people were told they could be affected by new preliminary flood zone maps created by FEMA. Skip to content.

Responding to complaints from Nassau residents and officials about new flood maps, FEMA will conduct ground surveys at 100 locations across the county to check the accuracy of its data, officials ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine communities are criticizing new maps proposed by the federal government that show future flooding risks near the state's coast that could impact what kind of ...

Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in all communities and incorporated areas of San Augustine County, Texas.