Harris County's draft flood maps offer preview of neighborhoods most at risk

Draft FEMA flood maps offer a preview of how flood risk may shift in Harris County.

Model maps Valencia's October 2024 flood, finding water topped four meters

A study led by Francisco Vallés Morán, a researcher at the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) at the Universitat Politècnica de València, has analyzed in detail the flooding ...

Study explores challenges of flood risk management

In a new study, University of Rhode Island Ph.D. graduate Kyle McElroy and Marine Affairs Professor Austin Becker explore the role of data and biases, as well as the challenges and decision-making ...
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The future of Atlantic hurricane tracks

A look at what we know and don't yet know about how climate change could affect the paths of these storms — and the all-important question of how often they'll make landfall.
Community Impact

Harris County officials publish draft FEMA flood map data, talk next steps

Harris County residents can now see preliminary Federal Emergency Management Agency map data through a new interactive dashboard from FEMA and the Harris County Flood Control District in the first ...

3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them

The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in.