FEMA's maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don't consider flooding driven by ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 ...

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don’t consider flooding driven by ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don’t consider flooding driven by ...

Parts of New York City’s subway system also flooded. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps are intended to be the nation’s primary tool for identifying flood risks.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps are intended to be the nation’s primary tool for identifying flood risks. Originally developed in the 1970s to support the National ...