The term "100-year flood" sounds like a once-in-a-century event, doesn't it? Here's the thing though. That's not what it means at all - FEMA states that a location in a 100-year flood plain has a one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new draft map expands the 100-year floodplain by 43% (Caroline Ghisolfi/Houston Chronicle) Harris County's 100-year floodplain ...

The proposed map -- which was quietly released on the agency's site two weeks ago and intended for technical reviews by ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Central Texas faced historic, catastrophic flooding this month, with some meteorologists calling these floods 1000-year rainfall events. What qualifies a flood to be labeled 100-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FEMA has released new draft floodplain maps for Harris County, expanding areas considered at risk for flooding across much of the ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the ...

Harris County’s 100-year floodplain could grow by more than 40% under draft maps newly released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. After a nearly four-year delay, FEMA posted last week an ...

HOUSTON — FEMA has released new draft floodplain maps for Harris County, expanding areas considered at risk for flooding across much of the region. Experts say the updated maps reflect increased ...