The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly underestimated the flood risk faced by properties in the parts of North Carolina ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

Up until a few weeks ago, residents of western North Carolina likely gave little consideration to purchasing flood insurance. But last month Hurricane Helene flooded much of that area, as well as ...

A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say. By Lisa Friedman In the summer of 2017, Donald Trump stood in the lobby of ...

Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by millions of ...

Even an inch of flood water can cause $25,000 worth of damage, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). But standard homeowners insurance policies don't cover flooding.

They include a nationwide buy-back and resilience program for very high-risk flood areas. Banning development in serious flood zones and buying back existing properties that are at high risk are ...

For days, the people of Paiporta have been dealing with the devastation of their town. But what hurts them now is the sense that they have been forgotten by their country. As we walk through this ...

Public outrage over the authorities’ handling of the second-deadliest flood in Europe this century seems set to grow as the region remains engulfed in grief and frustration. European Editor at ...

According to the National Weather Service, the river will crest at a record 24.9 feet. Flood state is 13 feet. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister told ABC Action News reporter Michael ...

It sent me back to the great classic on American disaster, “The Johnstown Flood” by David McCullough, published in 1968. I hadn’t remembered it contains information pertinent to the current ...