FEMA Maps Lead to Development in Flood-Risk Areas, NC State Study Shows January 13, 2025 By William Rabb A study by researchers at North Carolina State University supports what some critics of federal flood maps have said for...
Hurricanes Milton and Helene Expose Limits of US Flood Maps October 9, 2024 By Leslie Kaufman and Leonardo Nicoletti Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that...
Update: FEMA Flood Maps are Misleading, Blocking Insurance Uptake, Report Shows November 3, 2022 By William Rabb This article was updated Nov. 6, 2022 to include more information from FEMA and Neptune Flood Insurance. Researchers at North...
Ida’s Inland Path May Reveal Hidden Risk, Test Mapping Methods of Hurricane Floods September 2, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan and Leslie Kaufman With remnants of Ida delivering downpours and fierce winds from North Carolina to New Jersey, U.S. government methods for assessing...
Investors Betting Against U.S. Mortgage Market Are Banking on Mispriced Flood Risk October 3, 2019 By Kate Duguid David Burt helped two of the protagonists of Michael Lewis’ book The Big Short bet against the U.S. mortgage market...
Fight Against Floods Enlists Supercomputers, Drones, Sonar April 22, 2019 By Adrian Sainz and Jeff Martin An arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and...
Idaho City Assessing Flood Risks Prior to Federal Maps Release April 26, 2017 Boise, Idaho officials have expressed concerns with federal maps that propose adding hundreds of acres to a flood plain in...
Corps: Flood Protection Plan for Souris River Could Cost Up to $1B November 8, 2016 The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Souris River flood protection project...
Council Bluffs, Iowa Repairing, Upgrading Flood Protection System October 4, 2016 Council Bluffs, Iowa, officials are working to strengthen the levees protecting the western Iowa city before homeowners are forced to...
New Flood Maps May Aid Big Development in Louisiana Parish December 21, 2015 Revised flood maps could aid a developer’s proposal to build on one of Jefferson Parish’s last large undeveloped tracts. Lafayette-based...