Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation's flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...

FEMA's flood maps may miss properties at risk of flooding from heavy rains, a new report found.

For almost 20 years, homeowners in Harris County, Texas, have used the same federal flood maps to determine whether their homes were at risk. Then came Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and about 70% of the ...

On the morning of Sept. 27, 2024, Liz Barker's phone lit up with a flash flood emergency notification. Barker, a midwife in North Carolina, knew there had been bad weather brewing; when she finished ...

A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger higher insurance costs and restrictions on construction. Reading time 3 ...

When a commercial real estate deal closes, flood risk due diligence typically begins and ends with the FEMA flood map. That one document, often decades out of date and built around riverine flooding, ...

When Harris County officials shared drafts of the area's new FEMA flood maps in February, flood experts said they were long overdue - but could also quickly become outdated. "We have known for a long ...

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...