TAMPA, Fla. — Marilyn Mendez Arnett lives in an area of Tampa currently considered a ‘non-flood zone’ by FEMA, but that could change as the federal agency reports flood maps are under ...

The new FEMA preliminary flood insurance rate maps (FIRM) and elevation requirements will impact insurance rates for many Manatee County homeowners.

Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review ...

Those issues have prompted discussion in Sarasota County about a need for stricter flood standards, and both Sarasota and Manatee counties are working to help create more precise flood zone maps ...

Hurricane Milton is headed for the west coast of Florida, and right now, it's not clear where it will hit – but at least one evacuation in Lee County has already been announced.

Health alerts issued for red tide conditions in several Florida locations The Florida Department of Health in Lee County Wednesday, Feb. 5, issued a health alert for the presence of red tide near ...

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA's new flood maps — which newly place thousands of South Florida homes into ...

While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received letters bumping them into high-risk flood zones. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released its widely ...

In about two weeks, more than 16,000 properties in Palm Beach County will be affected by changes FEMA made to flood maps.

Palm Beach County, FL – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released updated flood zone maps. Consequently, thousands of more Palm Beach County residents have been added to high or ...

Most of GCSC and Florida State University Panama City are also now within a flood hazard zone. Most of the new affected areas in Panama City fall within an "X500" zone.