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

Two massive disasters this year are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

More consideration is being made on an ordinance intended to strengthen protections for homes built in a floodplain in one ...

The articles highlight Florida's heightened flood risks. They discuss modernization efforts and policy changes to combat water issues.

In Ruidoso, New Mexico, years of intense wildfires scarred the mountains. Now the town is a flash flood zone with lessons for the rest of the West.

Authorities determined that three people are still missing from the floods, a sharp drop from the approximately 100 people authorities had previously said were unaccounted for.

A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 6:15 p.m. in effect until 9:15 p.m. for Limestone and Madison counties.

The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down ...

Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic ...

Just days after the Texas floods, s tate Rep. Perry Warren (D-Bucks County) introduced a bill to require home sellers ...

Considering the recent flood emergency in Kerr County, Texas, which reportedly had no alert sirens in use, the question came up at the Hawley Borough Council meeting on July 9 of how the public would ...