When powerful storms hit your city, which neighborhoods are most likely to flood? In many cities, they’re typically ...

Therefore, the new system assumes that flood risk is much higher than in the past, and that it will keep rising as time goes on. To mitigate that risk, FEMA will build farther from the water ...

Per their website, â FEMA is responsible for mapping our countryâ s flood risk.â So, what happens when those Flood Insurance Rate Maps are so antiquated that they do not provide ...

But 99% of counties in the U.S. are impacted by flooding, according to FEMA. To make matters worse, many homeowners believe they’re already covered for flood damage by their homeowners policy.

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 ...

By Christopher Flavelle Christopher Flavelle has covered FEMA and flood regulations for almost a decade. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided to stop enforcing rules designed to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has published a final rule that aims to enhance the nation’s resilience to persistent flooding by requiring communities that receive funds to consider ...

A flood map is a representation of areas that have a high risk of flooding. These maps are created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, and are used to determine flood ...

A FEMA disaster survivor assistance team specialist leaves an informational pamphlet at the end of a ... their black SUV and headed down a bumpy, flood-scarred Class IV road to another spot ...

the Federal Emergency Management Agency is borrowing $2 billion to pay National Flood Insurance Program claims. FEMA, which manages the flood-insurance program, said the two hurricanes as of Feb ...

There is a way for homeowners like Glenn to get discounts of up to 45% on their federal flood insurance, through a Federal Emergency Management Agency program called the Community Rating System. But ...