Environmentalists cheered new flood rules as a needed move to guard against climate impacts. Critics warn of the costs.

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The flood hazard zones are marked in blue. Homes in these areas with federally backed mortgages are required to have flood ...

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

Flood warnings are still in effect for three states across the U.S. as the National Weather Service warns of inundation.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released preliminary flood maps for Pima County, including the towns of ...

Flooding has been forecast along the Skokomish River, where a warning from the National Weather Service is in place.

Reservoirs are indispensable for hydropower, irrigation, and flood control, but their storage fluctuations often escape ...

Flood hazards frequently change due to weather patterns, erosion, and community development. FEMA officials collaborated with ...

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 ...

Dave Mostrom, owner of land-surveying firm Mostrom & Associates, flips through a stack of FEMA flood maps on a desk at the Mostrom & Associates office. Mostrom has maps dating back years, as well as ...