FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.

The Waco City Council on Tuesday reviewed a newly redrawn federal flood risk map for Waco that was born from years of hydrologic studies of local waterways.

Roanoke’s updated Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodplain maps have been approved and a little more than half of total properties were unaffected by the new maps, according to a ...

That's because their neighborhood, Canyon Shadows, is potentially a flood-plain area, based on draft Federal Emergency Management Agency maps revised nationwide.