Loss of FEMA Program Spells Disaster for Hundreds of Communities and Projects April 30, 2025 By Jack Brook The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials...
New Jersey Using Buyouts and Barriers to Battle Flooding December 2, 2024 By Wayne Parry New Jersey is using a mix of buyouts and barriers to tackle flooding in two vulnerable locations. Officials this week...
Vermont Lags in Risk Management for Natural Disasters Including Flooding September 12, 2024 By Lisa Rathke Vermont has failed to complete many actions in its five-year hazard mitigation plan aimed at reducing the risk from natural...
Push for Flood Mitigation Draws Concerns Over Impact in Mississippi and Louisiana August 5, 2024 By Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi’s capital city in 2020 —...
New Hampshire to Receive $20M Grant to Help Reconstruct Eroded Seawalls April 24, 2024 New Hampshire is getting a $20 million federal grant to help reconstruct coastal seawalls eroded by storms and flooding and...
Too Much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach Erosion Has Casinos Desperate for Sand March 21, 2024 By Wayne Parry The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City’s identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America...
New Jersey Property Flood Risk Disclosure Law Going Into Effect March 19, 2024 A New Jersey law requiring residential and commercial landlords and sellers of real estate to disclose any flood history and...
Massachusetts to Remove 8 Aging Dams for Water Quality, Flood Mitigation, Safety December 4, 2023 Eight aging dams in central and western Massachusetts will be removed as part of a $25 million initiative announced Friday...
A Decade After Superstorm Sandy, 2 Major Flood Control Projects Begin in New Jersey October 30, 2023 By Wayne Parry A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ‘s destruction, two of the largest flood...
Louisiana, 9 Other States Ask Federal Judge to Block Increases in National Flood Insurance Program September 18, 2023 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Increases in federal flood insurance premiums that are projected to surpass 700% over the coming years...