The biggest misconception is that floods only happen in coastal areas — that it’s only an issue for the Cape and the islands, ...

After receiving a letter from Citizens Property Insurance stating that he is now required to get flood insurance, one Hudson homeowner emailed ABC Action News to ask how Citizens valued his property.

The remapping effort focuses on updating the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM ... in wildland-urban interfaces or seismically active zones, who are more likely to experience wildfires or ...