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

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

While FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program did release newer maps after Sandy in November 2012, New York challenged their accuracy. New Jersey did the same soon after. Coney Island.

Floodplain maps have been redrawn by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware, a change that could shift properties into or out of a flood risk zone.

Most of the camps were built decades ago, before modern modeling and flood maps. Counties have little power to regulate ...

Before the flood, floodplain maps were extremely outdated, said Witold Krajewski, the Flood Center director. “The utility of the information during the flood was inadequate,” he said. After the flood, ...