A 2024 report by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) found that East Palo Alto, a ...

On the first day of the special legislative session, a group of state representatives and community leaders rallied at the ...

At several points during the hearing, the state emergency management chief directed attention to the role of local emergency managers in disaster response.

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — The critical minutes and hours when deadly flash floods hurtled down the Guadalupe River washing away children’s ...

advertisement 07-16-2025 IMPACT Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks There are areas of the country that flood, some regularly, that don’t show up on the maps as at risk.

As announced at the Waccasassa flood risk meeting, the District is offering an expanded 90-day public feedback period – 30 days are typical – that will allow for comment until October 1.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Residents affected by the major flooding that swept the area on Independence Day may qualify for federal assistance.

FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can get in the way.

A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Mount Holly at 3:33 p.m. on Monday, July 14.

A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Mount Holly at 3:33 p.m. on Monday, July 14.

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk flood area in Texas Hill Country.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from government flood maps that showed they were in an area at high risk of dangerous flooding.