The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map for Ontario County.

Ontario County residents and business owners are being encouraged to review updated flood maps released by the Federal ...

The counties hardest hit by Hurricane Helene were also those with the lowest levels of flood insurance protection.

Lee County is under a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Helene makes its way toward Florida. Parts of Fort Myers have been issued a storm surge watch as the coast braces for impact later this week.

"If it gets any worse than it was last time, water will start pooling over but the idea of that is it slows the rate of water coming in as opposed to how it used to flood in." Ms Schrijvers said ...

The CMM, which represents 82 Montreal-area municipalities, adopted a preliminary report and a new flood map on Monday for the Greater Montreal area, which follow the Quebec government's guidelines ...

But these flood maps are often outdated or incomplete. A 2020 report from the Association of State Floodplain Managers shows just one-third of the nation’s floodplains have been mapped out by FEMA.

The maps were drawn up this summer according to guidelines set out in the province’s proposed flood-management regulations, Bill 67, unveiled in June. They are considered preliminary until ...

The zones are determined by FEMA flood maps, which are widely considered outdated and inaccurate, failing to depict current flood risk. Property owners with FEMA policies can get up to $250,000 ...

Only about 2% of residences in the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene-related power outages were protected by flood insurance, according to an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data ...

"If it gets any worse than it was last time, water will start pooling over but the idea of that is it slows the rate of water coming in as opposed to how it used to flood in." Ms Schrijvers said she ...