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Know the difference between a red or yellow tsunami evacuation zone in Hawaii? Residents who live in red areas of the map, mostly along coastlines and harbors, are in the tsunami evacuation zone and ...
Many of the maps that dictate the riskiest flood zones in Western N.C. and elsewhere haven’t been updated in years. Local governments often fight the changes. The people of Key West, Florida, are ...
Starting September 1st, Vermont property sellers will no longer have to determine if a property lies within a FEMA flood hazard area. Sellers will now be required to provide buyers with a FEMA flood ...
A temporary levee in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley mostly held back record-breaking floodwaters during the glacial outburst last Wednesday. But water lapped just inches from the top and there was some ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Three days after massive flash floods swept through Camp Mystic in Texas, killing 27 campers and counselors, directors at Western ...
At least 18 NC summer camps operate in or near federally designated flood zones. Some camps have enhanced safety protocols following severe flood events. Parents are urged to ask camps about flood ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Following viral videos and reports of intense flooding throughout New York City, officials have warned it could simply be our new reality, so how do we learn to deal with it?
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town. Since 2011, ...
The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July 4 flooding in Kerr County was just one of 13 summer camps along the Guadalupe River ...
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps, often referred to simply as flood maps, outline flood risk. The maps are critical to determining the need for flood ...
About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal. When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas ...