While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community input, the maps still don't capture everything.

A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger ...

Hundreds of thousands of people in Eastern Tennessee are on alert as floods remain possible throughout Wednesday.

When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas areas considered high risk on Federal Emergency Management Agency flood ...

While FEMA flood maps are a trusted government resource on flooding, many of the maps are decades old, according to Dean Tarulli, a certified flood plain manager with Tidal Basin Group.

Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, according to a report ...

The current maps show 8.7 million properties are at risk of a 100-year flood, which means those properties has a 1% chance of being flooded in any given year.

A dramatically expanded flood insurance map from FEMA could add costly premiums to many families’ bottom lines. It is part of the difficult trade-off of resiliency planning, McPhearson said.