Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the Charles River in Wellesley, where new housing is proposed. (Photo by Jordan Wolman/Commonwealth Beacon) It didn’t ...

Under the new maps for Harris County, dozens of Houston-area school districts - including Aldine, Cy-Fair and Houston ISDs - ...

After Monday night’s open house in Missoula, county staff will continue a series of community meetings aimed at helping ...

(The Conversation) – Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is updating floodplain maps across the country. Now, Missoula County is set to ...

After years of delay, FEMA released a new set of flood maps that overhaul Harris County’s floodplain boundaries for the first time since 2007. A Houston Chronicle analysis found the draft maps would ...

FEMA’s mapping alongside Cypress Creek, where the camp expanded in 2018, is 15 years old and represents a rough estimate of flood risk. It relies on imprecise topography maps, and the rainfall data it ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

New proposed maps increase ag lands in the floodplain. Chippewa County has appealed the maps and provided data for some changes. The new flood maps proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...