Outdated FEMA flood maps labeled thousands of North Carolina homes as “low risk,” leaving residents blindsided when Hurricane Helene flooded their communities. One survivor’s story reveals ...

The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, the rebuilding of homes ... Emergency Management Agency ...

The state already has set limits on the ability of local governments to put new restrictions on building in floodplains.

Duke Ph.D. student Aljouhra AlHargan pointed to a simulated map of homes and businesses that could get flooded if a storm dumped more than a foot of rain on the tiny flood-prone town of Creswell, in ...

Read more on our AI policy here. On Wednesday at 2:40 p.m. the NWS Raleigh NC issued a flood advisory in effect until 5:45 p.m. The advisory is for Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash and Wilson counties.