The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new report showing differences in how likely homeowners with ...

For the first time, FEMA intends to use the National Flood Insurance Program to protect fish habitat. For now, this will make ...

Some developers have pulled project plans that would've built housing in floodplains after Tropical Storm Helene battered ...

Common methods of communicating flood risk may create a false sense of security, leading to increased development in areas ...

This article originally appeared on The News Herald: What's the new standard? Bay County Commission approves changes to FEMA flood maps ...

Kristin Owen, Henrico’s floodplain and dam safety manager If residents are affected by the updated flood maps, they have several insurance options available, including flood insurance through ...

Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmo gave his State of the City address Tuesday, outlining the city’s priorities and challenges for ...

Outdated FEMA flood maps labeled thousands of North Carolina homes as “low risk,” leaving residents blindsided when Hurricane Helene flooded their communities. One survivor’s story reveals ...

The Sicamous Planning and Development Committee identified a lot of concerns with a new Floodplain exemption policy proposed ...

Residents will have an opportunity to view and discuss those proposed floodplain maps and the accompanying risk assessments at a public meeting from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the St. Louis County ...

The new maps include floodplain changes that worry county officials. Most of the drainage systems in the county now show floodplains along them, which they did not before, Scott Williams ...

ASHEVILLE - As the waters rushed through the River Arts District in late September, leveling restaurants, greenways and art studios, a small but towering chimney stack on Riverside Drive seemingly ...