Overdevelopment in flood-prone areas and inadequate mapping from the Federal Emergency Management Agency likely contributed to the tragedy that unfolded in central Texas July 4, when sudden flooding ...

A new report examines the issues that property owners nationwide in high flood risk areas may encounter should the Federal ...

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from its 100-year floodplain map for Kerr County, the AP reports.

While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...

At least 12 structures at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River were fully within FEMA’s 2011 National Flood Insurance map ...

The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, and nationwide as many ...

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill revealed that repetitive flooding in North Carolina is far more common and more widespread than previously recognized, with ...

Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review ...

Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially ...