Outdated FEMA flood maps labeled thousands of North Carolina homes as “low risk,” leaving residents blindsided when Hurricane Helene flooded their communities.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

Six months after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, the rebuilding of homes ... Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updating flood plain maps, which will determine eligibility ...

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 ...