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A truck barrels through flooded Old Bridge Drive on Aug. 6, 2024, at The Farm in Bluffton, S.C. after Tropical Storm Debby came through the overnight hours. It’s a call that Shari Mendrick, the town ...

A deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery's childhood home in Hunt, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in ...

It's a call that Shari Mendrick, the town of Hilton Head's floodplain manager, gets almost every day: A Hilton Head resident wants to know if they should drop their flood insurance. The town adopted ...

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 ...

CALY COUNTY, Fla. — FEMA is updating Clay County’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps, potentially affecting residents’ insurance requirements. The updated maps, which use improved science and data, aim to ...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — FEMA hosted an open house in Clay County to answer any questions on proposed changes to the county’s flood zones. The last time FEMA updated the flood zone maps for Clay County was ...