Tauranga property owners have had a “significant win” after the council agreed to update flood maps, a developer says.

The maps deemed 30,400 properties at risk of ... this would prevail over the indicative flood hazard areas depicted in its GIS layer. Other concerns raised by UTF about how roadworks might affect ...

University of the Philippines (UP) scientists developed an impact-based flood forecasting system that can predict flooding throughout the Philippines. The ...

On flood maps a shaded X zone means there's between a 0.2 and 1 percent chance of flooding annually, while an unshaded X zone is an "area of minimal flood hazard" with no more than a 0.2 percent ...

WINCHESTER - In one of the easier votes the Planning Board will see, Town Meeting unanimously passed Article 4, allowing the town to update FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) flood ...

Hurricane Preparedness Week runs from May 4 through May 10, with one topic per day to help you prepare for the 2025 hurricane ...

Flood maps include a number of zone markings that show your region's flood risk and structures such as bridges, dams and levees. Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) are shaded blue on the FEMA map and ...

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for ... are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD: Flash flooding caused ...

Burgess blamed the problem on a broken system of risk communication, affordability challenges, and outdated federal flood maps ... mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas must carry flood insurance.

Strong thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall will move across much of the central U.S. on Friday and into the weekend.