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The American reaction to an attack is classified, but details made public paint a harrowing picture.
A fast-moving wildfire that destroyed at least 20 homes in Wasco County and forced evacuations in an area west of The Dalles next to I-84 was determined to be human-caused, the Northwest Interagency ...
Godofredo A. Vásquez/ Houston Chronicle FEMA's flood insurance rate maps delineate 100- and 500-year floodplains based on rainfall data, terrain features and models that predict how water moves.
A new CalFire Severity Zone Map adopted by Solvang City Council Tuesday identifies an increased proportion of the city in high and very high fire severity zones.
Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction. The ...
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - FEMA has changed the flood zone maps in Bay County for the first time since 2009. This went into effect this October, according to Bay County officials.
On the new maps in Palm Beach County, about 5,000 properties have moved to a high-risk flood zone, also considered a "special flood hazard area," from a low- or medium-risk flood zone.
PANAMA CITY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revised and reissued its Flood Insurance Study for Bay County. The new flood zone map pushes flooding threats further inland from ...
Many "AE" zones around the city also expanded between the 2009 FIRM and the recent update. FEMA says "AE" zones indicate indicate an area would be inundated by a flood event with a 1-percent ...
The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...
FEMA maps missed parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, Post analysis shows Debris littered throughout Swannanoa, N.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.