The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Judy Higbee thought if she bought flood insurance before the flood maps change, she could lock in her ...

Midway City is updating its flood plain maps through the Federal Emergency Management Agency that outline new areas where ...

New flood insurance requirements won't take effect until the maps are finalized in two to three years, county officials said. Here's what to know ahead of hurricane season June 1.

When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to ...

It’s a call that Shari Mendrick, the town of Hilton Head’s floodplain manager, gets almost every day: A Hilton Head resident wants to know if they should drop their flood insurance. The town adopted ...

(The Conversation) – Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that ...

FEMA’s updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Sarasota County took effect March 27, 2024, replacing 2016 versions and changing flood risk zones for many properties. The updates, based on new coastal ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fairfield County residents and property owners will have an opportunity to view the newly revised digital preliminary flood insurance rate maps for the county and learn how the risk ...

Low-income homeowners worry they may now face new costs before seeing the kind of public investment they have demanded for years.

Map changes ahead: FEMA's updated Sarasota County flood maps may reclassify properties into higher-risk zones, leading to mandatory flood insurance. Premium impact: Risk Rating 2.0 links rates to ...