TEXAS (TEXAS TRIBUNE) – Almost 6 million Texans, or about 20% of the population, live in an area susceptible to flooding and one-fifth of the state's land is in a 100-year floodplain, according ...

WIMBERLEY, Texas ... the floodplain listed for a 500-year flood. A FEMA spokesperson, Earl Armstrong, confirms the agency is looking into whether the Hays and Blanco County maps need updates.

The release of the Houston area’s new floodplain maps ... 100-year floodplain — or a “500-year” storm. FEMA collaborates with local governments across the country — in Harris County ...

HOUSTON, Texas ... county waits for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to change the federal maps that determine the 100-year and 500-year floodplains, Emmett said. Detention and flood ...

It also comes after an extensive Texas ... 500-year floodplain would force homeowners with no prior history of flooding to elevate their homes. And because the city is waiting on updated ...

The analysis is part of the Texas Water ... includes Harris County and Galveston, has the most people living in a floodplain: almost 2.5 million people are in a 100- or 500-year floodplain.