Swaths of the Midlands in England were under water and more than 200 flood warnings were in place at one point as rivers overflowed and continued to inundate villages and drown farmland.

Flood zones in the U.S. are designated by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Homes in high-risk flood zones typically require special flood insurance policies, which are separate from ...

Enacted on Dec. 20, new base flood elevation for Palm Beach Midtown may mean higher construction cost and flood insurance ...

MIDLAND, MI — A vehicle-pedestrian crash on Christmas Eve has claimed the life of a Midland man. Midland police responded to the crash scene on Bay City Road near Burgess Street around 11:30 p.m ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.

A change to federal flood zones could affect insurance rates, property values and building, especially along the lower Russian River. Nick Schwanz went to a Sonoma County Board of Supervisors ...