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The FEMA Flood Map Service Center offers an interactive map that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter their address and see if they live in a designated flood zone. The tool can also be used to explore other areas, making it helpful for those planning a move, managing a rental property or checking on family or friends in another region.
Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 people.
As heavy floods wreaked havoc in Texas, the state of the United States over the past few days, its neighbouring state, New Mexico, also witnessed devastation due to heavy rains. Ruidoso, a small town in New Mexico,
Damage has been reported after intense floods in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina.
The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly floodwaters.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered state legislators to convene a special session on Monday as the death toll rose to at least 120 people and 172 reported missing in Fourth of July flooding in the Hill Country.
Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can respond in the future to major weather events.
More than 300 flooding reports have occurred across the U.S. since last Friday, with more heavy rain expected from Texas to the Mid-Atlantic.
The National Weather Service sent alerts fast and furious. It's not clear if everyone heeded them or realized how dangerous the situation would become.
Floods can happen almost anywhere across the United States, but some places are more prone to flooding than others. Here's what you need to know — and some tips on how to stay safe.
In the wake of last week’s Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, a Post analysis found the number of U.S. freshwater flood fatalities has ticked up in recent years.