Weather forecasters often use terms like "100-year" or "500-year" floods. Here’s what those terms really mean and why these ...

Houston saw three 500-year flood events within three years from 2015 to 2017, including Hurricane Harvey ... Checking FEMA flood maps and assessing home insurance coverage regularly.

FEMA has released preliminary flood maps for several areas in Cochise County, including Benson, Bisbee, Sierra Vista, ...

As Nashville braces for more severe weather through the weekend, those with homes in a floodplain face the highest risk of dangerous flooding.

On Monday, the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Emergency Management ... questions about flood zones, she often directs them first to the Building Commission's flood zone map, which uses shaded ...

The Ohio River crested Tuesday morning at 60.8 feet, surpassing the peak of the 2018 flood, which reached 60.5 feet.

Essentially, it's an estimate, a statistical calculation that helps the government determine floodplain maps, marking the boundary ... And because it's misleading, nowadays FEMA refers to it ...