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 facilities in a floodplain.

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 ...

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

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.” ...