Waynesville town leaders are considering a proposal to protect new construction in flood zones by raising required elevation ...

Federal flood insurance through the NFIP only covers a fraction of the county despite Buncombe ... it is superseded by North Carolina Building Codes that dictate buildings in the floodplain ...

“FEMA has really let us down, let the country down,” Trump told reporters Friday after Air Force One touched down in Asheville, North Carolina. “We’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.

Federal flood insurance through the NFIP only covers a fraction of the county despite Buncombe County's history of floods. In Buncombe County, 1,132 NFIP policies are currently in force, according to ...