Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation's ...

Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially ...

In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate ...

Most homeowners lack flood insurance, which isn’t included in standard policies even though flooding is the costliest and ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...

The city of Norman was prepared to build an automatic flood warning system this year, the same kind of early warning system ...

Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review ...

FEMA approved requests to lift flood restrictions on Camp Mystic buildings for years, enabling expansion in a known hazard ...

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.

"The NFIP is not a private business — it is a government program designed to help Americans afford flood insurance in areas where it would otherwise be unaffordable," Temple told The Center Square.

North Carolina flood insurance costs an average of $916 per year for a policy from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). You might also be able to buy a policy from a private flood insurance ...