Roughly 180 Richmond homes and businesses will soon be in a high-risk flood zone, according to new FEMA flood maps for the ...

If you're planning to buy in 2025, you not only need to consider what the local climate is like today but how it could ...

Richmond recently adopted the city's final flood maps that will take effect in July, as weather patterns change and flood ...

According to a release, the city council is expected to approve Richmond’s final Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) at its meeting on Tuesday, May 27, after FEMA initially introduced it in 2023.

In 2023, Harris County already knew the new maps would drastically increase how many homes and businesses fell within a likely flood zone.

The floodplain maps are based on a 2017 study that was updated last year and takes climate change models into account. Walter Regan, past president of the Sackville Rivers Association, was one of ...

Halifax is expanding the Sackville rivers floodplain and development restrictions that come with it, bringing applause from advocates but concerns from homeowners worried about property values.On ...

Catastrophic flooding that impacted Nova Scotia back in July of 2023 ranks as one of the highest impact flash floods in Canadian history. In some areas, more than 250 mm of rain fell in just days.

Aside from the maps placing areas into different flood zones, it is unclear how this relates to the Risk Rating 2.0 outside of mandating flood insurance.

Regan said the dramatic July 2023 flooding, when homes on Union Street were badly damaged, shows the new maps are "very, very accurate." No parts of Union Street fall within the floodplain maps ...

The county similarly challenged FEMA’s 2022 maps for the Todd Creek Watershed. That study, at a cost of $75,000, was submitted to FEMA in June 2023 and is currently under review.

The petition was filed in 2023 by Ghaziabad resident Alok Kumar, seeking the demarcation of floodplain zone of rivers Yamuna and Hindon in Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar.