1 in 10 Tri-State Properties at High Flood Risk: New York Fed October 3, 2024 Research by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that nearly one million houses and multifamily buildings in New...
More People Moving In Than Out of Counties With High Catastrophe Risk August 9, 2024 Despite the dangers and expense associated with living in high-risk areas, large numbers of people are still moving to parts...
Biden Administration Raises FEMA Bar for Flood Resilience July 11, 2024 By Leslie Kaufman The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has finalized a rule mandating that projects built using its funds not only...
More Than 17 Million Properties Face Substantial Flood Risk: Study July 3, 2023 By Ezra Amacher More than half of the U.S. population resides in a county that is likely to experience stormwater system failure due...
Corps of Engineers Partners With Mother Nature in Flood Control Initiatives October 7, 2021 By Travis Loller The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But...
How New Flood Insurance Rating Will Affect Tennesseans June 25, 2021 The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) is raising awareness of recent changes to the National Flood Insurance Program...
South Texas Officials Worried About Flooding Due to Border Levee Breaches April 16, 2021 South Texas officials say they are worried about flooding during the hurricane season starting June 1 from breaches in a...
Leak at Wastewater Pond Prompts Evacuations in Florida April 5, 2021 By Adriana Gomez Licon Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater...
Federal Flood Insurance Premiums Far From Keeping Up With Expected Losses February 22, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson If the nearly 4.3 million residential homes (1-4 units) across the country with substantial flood risk were to be insured...
Coastal Flooding Could Threaten 20% of World’s Economic Output by 2100: Study July 30, 2020 Failure to rein in climate change and bolster sea defenses could jeopardize up to a fifth of the world’s economic...