Just days after the Texas floods, s tate Rep. Perry Warren (D-Bucks County) introduced a bill to require home sellers ...

Glen Mawr is a tiny community of 130 people and a smattering of homes next to Muncy Creek in Lycoming County. On Monday, a ...

The new proposal features a laxer elevation standard and language allowing affordable housing in hazard areas under some ...

NOAA is testing a new storm surge warning system that provides precise geographic alerts to reduce unnecessary evacuations.

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

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before ...

That designation means an area is likely to be inundated during a 100-year flood — one severe enough that it only has a 1% chance of happening in any given year.