Key Points on Buying Land with a Floodplain1. Floodplain Mapping:Not all floodplain maps are available on GIS.Adjacent ...

Apache Junction adopts new FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps, enhancing flood preparedness and insurance requirements.

Even after Hurricane Harvey exposed the dangers of building in flood-prone areas, tens of thousands of new homes have ...

Four key takeaways from the Houston Chronicle’s investigation of how risky practices benefit developers building in ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving the public 90 days to review and consider Sonoma County’s Todd Creek alternative to a federal flood insurance map.

Epsom residents will vote on updating the floodplain development ordinance to comply with National Flood Insurance Program regulations.

Separate meetings will hear public comments on floodplain mapping for both Bell Creek in the southeastern fringe of Belleville as well as Potters Creek along the southwestern boundary of the city.

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

Zillow, the nation’s largest real estate listing website, has removed extreme weather risk data meant to help buyers figure out if the biggest purchase of their life is particularly susceptible to ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the ...