For decades, the phrase "once-in-100-year storm" has served as a cornerstone of weather forecasting, flood insurance, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new draft map expands the 100-year floodplain by 43% (Caroline Ghisolfi/Houston Chronicle) Harris County's 100-year floodplain ...

Texas Medical Center has flooded in the past, critics warn, and would only be made more vulnerable by putting additional ...

A 100-year flood does not mean a flood that happens once every century. It describes a flood with a one-percent chance of occurring in any given year. That probability does not change after a flood ...

Despite prior proposals from local officials citing the county's high flood risk, Kerr County did not have a dedicated flood warning system ...

The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program is going broke. Increased flood strikes in more places, combined with outdated ways ...

Aerial imagery from flooding in 2023 shows water covering part of the proposed building site. A neighbor says adding homes there could “do more harm than good.” ...

Some new developments in Brunswick County are looking at 20-year-old floodplain data. A newer flood risk report could bring ...