Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction. The Dec ...

Flooding isn’t just a risk for those living near hurricane-prone coastlines or riverbanks—floodwaters can rise almost anywhere, including areas where homeowners least expect it. Even a single ...

Brigantine homeowners have had one question answered by the governor’s emergency order last Thursday instructing municipalities to adopt the advisory FEMA flood plan maps recently released. However, ...

Brigantine municipal officials recently received guidelines regarding the new FEMA Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps. The following information is based on these guidelines. Prior to Sandy, FEMA was ...

According to the Congressional Budget Office, over 9% of properties in the United States are at risk of flooding. When disaster strikes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is in charge ...

FEMA has updated select flood maps for Lee County, potentially impacting some homeowners' local flood insurance requirements. These changes to the Flood Insurance Rate Map are set to take effect ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

LIVINGSTON, Mont.—When a torrential flood struck this town nestled on the banks of the Yellowstone River in 2022, it swamped areas that scientists had long predicted were susceptible to flooding.

With all the festivity of the holidays, you may not have noticed a recent distressing occurrence in your mailbox. While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received ...

With all the festivity of the holidays, you may not have noticed a recent distressing occurrence in your mailbox. While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received ...