It's a call that Shari Mendrick, the town of Hilton Head's floodplain manager, gets almost every day: A Hilton Head resident wants to know if they should drop their flood insurance. The town adopted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ithaca’s Common Council will vote to adopt new FEMA flood maps and update floodplain management regulations at 6 p.m., on ...

Property owners and lessees have 90 days from Thursday to appeal aspects of the new Flood Insurance Rate Map developed by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. If the process goes smoothly, the maps ...

Some residents living near Alligator Creek in northern Pinellas County may need to purchase flood insurance next year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed a new flood map for the ...

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...

If you need a mortgage for a home in a flood zone, your lender will likely require you to purchase flood insurance. Here’s why, how much coverage you’ll need, what it’ll cost and more. Typically, you ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — On Wednesday, an updated Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) will go into effect for Oʻahu, which might mean changes to flood insurance requirements or building regulations for ...

It’s a call that Shari Mendrick, the town of Hilton Head’s floodplain manager, gets almost every day: A Hilton Head resident wants to know if they should drop their flood insurance. The town adopted ...

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas. The ...