Flooding causes more damage than any other extreme weather event, accounting for $5 billion in losses in an average year, according to NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory. Unfortunately, a ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30-- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is offering agent ...

The recent nor'easter that slammed the Outer Banks was a not-so-subtle reminder that hurricane season is still upon us and ...

North Dakota and federal flood insurance specialists will be at the Fargo Civic Center today to answer Cass County residents' questions about flood issues and to hold flood insurance training for ...

About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal. When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas ...

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 especially in ...

Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program in 1968 as a way for the federal government to bear a risk that private companies wouldn’t. Since then, Uncle Sam has backed the vast majority of ...

They all remember the horrifying speed of that July 2022 flood that also isolated so many by knocking out cell service, ...