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FEMA flood risk data outdated, NPR investigation finds

An NPR investigation finds that flood risk data from FEMA is out of date and that private companies show millions of people at risk from high waters.

Laura Sullivan, on NPR’s investigations team, has more.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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