“Maps do not forecast flooding ... “It’s a problem, because people look at a flood map and they are thinking that this is the authoritative government projection of flood risk.” ...

Their work reveals 40 million Americans are at risk of having their homes flooded - more than three times as many people as federal flood maps show. The UK-US team say they have filled in "vast ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — In about two weeks, more than 16,000 properties in Palm Beach County will be affected by changes FEMA made to flood maps. People living in our area are now under ...

Little more than a mile downstream, six people at a plastics plant in Erwin’s industrial park died in the flood. “I do not ...

Amherst County is in the process of updating its flood hazard overlay district ordinance to implement new mapping in what can ...

Experts have long warned that FEMA’s flood maps may be lagging behind the current science of flood risk. They do not take ...

They are also more likely to be home to higher percentages of people of color ... FEMA maintains flood maps that show how likely it is for an area to flood. Any place with a 1% chance or higher ...

said the event was held to speak to "as many people as possible in Guildford, about their flood risk and about what they can do in the short term". Ms Adams said EA wants to try to reduce the ...