TEXAS, USA — As emergency crews respond to catastrophic, deadly flooding in Kerrville and the Hill Country region, two ...

New flood zone maps proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency could result in mandatory flood insurance and stricter building codes for a huge swath of downtown Washington, according to ...

On Friday, 61 updated map panels went into effect. ... Changes to FEMA flood zone maps push 1,000+ homes into flood zones by: Erica Francis. Posted: Feb 25, 2022 / 03:25 PM CST.

The most common reference for flood risk are the flood insurance rate maps, also known as 100-year floodplain maps, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, produces.

A federal panel is urging the government to expand the areas it considers at high risk of flooding — potentially requiring millions of homeowners to buy flood insurance for the first time.

The city has 30 days to make its case that the creek zone is too large. Once it does, it will present its challenge to FEMA, and could try to take it to the Scientific Resolution Panel, an ...

Buchanan said the A zone "is an approximate" flood zone. "It’s an area that hasn’t been studied as in depth," Buchanan said. On newer maps, the AE zone replaced zones A1 – A30.

These areas are between the limits of the base flood and the 0.2 percent annual chance (or 500-year) flood. Many "AE" zones around the city also expanded between the 2009 FIRM and the recent update.

Satellite map of Barre, Vermont, show FEMA’s 100-year-flood zone in red. First street Foundation’s analysis found a much larger 100-year-flood zone, as marked in blue. Courtesy First Street ...