That “Special Flood Hazard Area” designation ... Many areas of western North Carolina affected by flooding had FEMA flood maps that were 12 to 15 years old, according to Anna Weber, a senior ...

A study by First Street Foundation, a nonprofit specializing in climate risk, reveals that North Carolina’s actual flood risk is three times greater than FEMA’s maps indicate. In western North ...

Georgina Sanchez, a research associate at NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics, faults FEMA’s existing flood maps that show where people are required to buy flood insurance. She said ...