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Takeaways From AP Analysis on the Flaws in National Flood Insurance

Oct 1 2026 // The nation’s flood insurance program struggles to balance affordability, flood protection and cost to taxpayers, leaving millions vulnerable at a time when climate change is driving flood risk higher. Nationwide,...

Flood Watches Stretch From Phoenix to Dallas on Polo Remnants

Sep 30 2026 // Remnants of Hurricane Polo are set to fuel a widespread flood threat across the US from the Southwest to the Midwest in coming days. Heavy rain from the storm has already caused flash flooding in parts of Utah and Nevada,...

Nor’easter Begins Tapering Off After 1 Death and Weekend of Flooding, Power Outages

Sep 28 2026 // A powerful Nor’easter storm with heavy rains and strong winds that took at least one life and flooded low-lying communities continued to menace the Mid-Atlantic and New England states today. The National Weather...

Nearly 100% of US Now Covered by NOAA’s Flood Mapping Tool

Sep 28 2026 // NOAA’s National Weather Service announced that Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM), a tool for predicting river flooding, has expanded from prior coverage of 60% of the country to 100%. The experimental mapping tool...

Hurricane Nolo Threatens Hawaii With Catastrophic Flooding

Sep 25 2026 // Hurricane Nolo is threatening Hawaii, a state already raked by multiple natural disasters since March that have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Nolo’s top winds reached 75 miles (120 kilometers) per...

Northeast Expecting Torrential Rains, Flood Risk as Coastal Storm Builds

Sep 24 2026 // A powerful coastal storm is building off the Northeast, threatening to bring torrential rain across parts of eastern Massachusetts and raising flood risks to New York City, New Jersey and Washington, DC into the...

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