But later, looking at a flood map, she felt a new emotion: confusion. The official map of Toronto’s flood-vulnerable zones showed that her neighbourhood was not in a high risk area.

New York City is bracing for intense flooding on Thursday and Friday and a state of emergency has already been issued in New ...

After a weekend of severe flash flooding across the DMV, including Montgomery County and Silver Spring, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) says some of the hardest-hit areas ...

Included in the updated mapping is the 100-year flood hazard, often used by municipalities to make land-use decisions and plan for future development around flood plains. New maps show where areas ...

As coastal Georgia rapidly develops and approaches an abnormally wet hurricane season, its flood zone maps need an upgrade.