The Misleading Name That Confuses Millions The term "100-year flood" sounds like a once-in-a-century event, doesn't it?

When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas areas considered high risk on Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance maps, it did what many property owners do: It hired engineers to ...

Washoe County has updated its flood hazard information for the Swan Lake area, aligning with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements. The remapping effort focuses on updating the FEMA ...

Federal regulators repeatedly removed dozens of Camp Mystic’s cabins from their 100-year flood maps — clearing the way for the camp to expand into the dangerous floodplain years before the Guadalupe ...

12:22 p.m. July 14, 2025: Updated to include maps of flood risk model and FEMA 100-year flood plain Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year ...

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Many people experienced firsthand this spring that your home can flood even if you’re not in a designated flood zone. Now, some cities in Middle Tennessee are asking FEMA to ...

The Texas Legislature passed a requirement in its special session that children’s cabins at camps are not to be built within the floodplain. But how are floodplains determined? By a group within ...

As we enter what we hope will be a bountiful new year, 2025 may prove to be the annus horribilis for floodplain development in Oregon. Due to recent litigation concerning FEMA’s National Flood ...

President Donald Trump announced plans June 10 to phase out FEMA, according to a report from Reuters. Here's what we know about FEMA: What does FEMA stand for? FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management ...

COCHISE COUNTY Ariz. (KVOA) - FEMA has released preliminary flood maps for several areas in Cochise County, including Benson, Bisbee, Sierra Vista, Tombstone, and Huachuca City, Arizona. These updated ...