ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – New preliminary flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are giving some Roanoke County homeowners a closer look at their flood risk. The last time these ...

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West University Place’s flood maps could look different in a few years. What's happening? On March 9, West U city officials heard from experts on what the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ...

Putting down roots in Houston and Harris County comes with the implicit understanding that, in any given year, floodwaters may inundate them. It’s why, when my wife and I pondered last year whether to ...

After Monday night’s open house in Missoula, county staff will continue a series of community meetings aimed at helping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HONOLULU (KHON2) — Flooding can hit fast in Hawaiʻi, and a heavy rainstorm can fill streets and streams within minutes. Yet only a ...

ROANOKE CO., Va. – What may just look like lines on a map, could mean hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year for some homeowners. New preliminary flood maps released by the Federal Emergency ...

For nearly 20 years, FEMA's flood maps in Harris County, Texas, remained largely unchanged, leaving homeowners with an incomplete picture of their true flood risk. Hurricane Harvey proved it: roughly ...

Harris County’s hospital district is proposing a major expansion of Ben Taub Hospital into a 100-year floodplain despite a state law banning new hospitals in such areas. The plan involves condemning ...

North Carolina is beginning to plan for floods that have not happened yet. State officials this year advanced the next phase of the state’s Flood Resiliency Blueprint, incorporating updated modeling ...