In the wake of devastating floods that killed 45 people in July 2022, Kentucky has brought on engineering firm Stantec for a $25 million contract to use machine learning for better flood risk mapping, ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --The National Weather Service announced Wednesday it has expanded its real-time flood mapping tool to cover about 60% of the U.S. population, double its coverage from a year ago. The ...

The State Emergency Management Agency today released its latest flood risk data collected as part of its multi-year floodplain mapping project for the Osage River Watershed in the state. SEMA said in ...

Crews work on the Cade Loop Bridge in Ingram, Texas to clear debris after flooding along the Guadalupe River July 10 . Overdevelopment in flood-prone areas and inadequate mapping by the Federal ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Williamson County’s commissioners court Tuesday approved its emergency management department to acquire its first-ever real-time flood mapping application. This in an ...

Kate Sherren or her trainees received funding for this work from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Nova Scotia ...

For Jude Kastens, who grew up on a farm in northwest Kansas, rainfall was always serious business. Although flooding wasn't as big a problem in his hometown as in central and eastern Kansas, it was ...

Are enough Hoosiers up to date on statewide floodplain mapping? How are landowners being notified about changes to those maps? And should property owners have more say, overall, in what areas are ...

Multiple lawmakers on the Indiana Drainage Task Force expressed concerns on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, about the accuracy of the state’s floodplain maps and said they now support a more robust system ...