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...
Lenders With the Best Climate Data Will Be in a Position to Discriminate: Viewpoint June 26, 2020 By Kate Mackenzie, Bloomberg Opinion We now live in a world where climate gentrification exists: People and institutions are starting to assess and appraise properties...
Think Tank Urges Flood Insurance Program to Stop Enabling Building in High Risk Areas February 20, 2020 The threat of sea-level rise should force policymakers to rethink policies that encourage development in flood-prone regions. One place to...
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...