SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - The village of New Boston sees flooding issues often. It’s just one item being addressed on a ...

FEMA says this means these areas have a moderate flood hazard. These areas are between the limits of the base flood and the 0.2 percent annual chance (or 500-year) flood.

Camp Mystic successfully petitioned FEMA to exempt 15 more of its buildings from flood zone designations in 2019 and 2020. These appeals came as the camp expanded its facilities.

FEMA has a little over a dozen flood zone classifications based on the estimated frequency of storms that could cause flooding in an area. High-risk zones are known as a Special Flood Hazard Area ...

FEMA approved requests to lift flood restrictions on Camp Mystic buildings for years, enabling expansion in a known hazard zone before the July 4 flash floods killed at least 27 people.

The higher base flood elevation also affects major renovation projects through FEMA’s "50% rule," a policy that requires projects in a special flood hazard area to employ the most recent flood ...

In total, 30 buildings were reportedly removed from the hazard zone between 2013 and 2020 RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty More than a dozen Camp Mystic buildings were removed from a FEMA flood map ...

Go online to DisasterAssistance.gov Download the FEMA App for mobile devices Call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. CT. Help is available in most languages.

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk flood area in Texas Hill Country.

Debris littered throughout Swannanoa, N.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not designate this neighborhood a flood hazard zone. (Jabin Botsford ...