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A peer‑reviewed study of 78 floods finds 43% of North Carolina buildings that took on water over the past two decades sit ...
Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story FEMA denying some funding after floods A review of federal ...
Reports show 30 Camp Mystic structures were removed from a 100-year National Flood Insurance map repeatedly, loosening camp oversight.
The FEMA Flood Map Service Center offers an interactive map that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter their address and see if they live in a designated flood zone. The tool can also be used to explore ...
Donald Trump is set to visit Texas for the first time since devastating floods killed at least 120 people last week as new analysis of FEMA maps suggest the agency underestimated the risk ...
High-risk zones are known as a Special Flood Hazard Area. According to FEMA, SFHAs have a 1% annual chance of flooding, “also referred to as the base flood or 100-year flood.” Advertisement ...
FEMA let Camp Mystic operate in 100-year flood zone despite deadly warnings for years: ‘Particularly disturbing’ - Federal ...
The higher base flood elevation also affects major renovation projects through FEMA’s "50% rule," a policy that requires projects in a special flood hazard area to employ the most recent flood ...
FEMA has changed Bay County flood zone maps for first time since 2009, ... Flood zones show hazard areas having a 1% or greater chance of ... PCBPD issues temporary nightly beach closure due to ...
beckley – People who live in flood-hazard areas and had damage to their homes during the Feb. 15 – 18, 2025, winter flooding in Logan, Mercer, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne, ...
Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like the ...
Sarah Labowitz is a senior fellow in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.