Outdated FEMA flood maps don’t account for climate change

Cattle had to be driven through the waters of a flooded road, and then trucked to higher ground on Aug. 16, in Sorrento, La. About a third of the flooding in the state last month occurred outside the local flood plain. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The floods that hit Louisiana last month were caused by rainfall that was unlike anything seen there in centuries. Most of the southern part of the state was drenched with up to two or three inches in an hour. A total of 31 inches fell just north