UN-SPIDER has released a new Recommended Practice that improves flood mapping by integrating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ...

By Clare Nuttall in Glasgow Torrential rains in the Congolese capital Kinshasa in early April brought devastating floods that ...

Still, research shows buyers often overlook flood hazards when choosing a home ... delayed releasing Harris County’s updated flood maps, leaving much of the existing floodplain information ...

The Flood Insurance Rate ... “the final map looks nothing like what FEMA originally proposed,” with a much smaller area tagged a hazard, he says. Property values do in fact decline when ...

A Democratic lawmaker is questioning the ICE operations in Nashville, more than a dozen dogs were taken from an unhealthy house in Cocke County, and severe weather could move through the Midstate ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The City of Charleston and the US Army Corps of Engineers are working out flood prevention infrastructure designs around the peninsula in the Coastal Storm Risk Management ...

The petition closes on May 30 and claims the overlay is not a genuine flood hazard map and is not backed by consistent risk data. In a written response, Logan City Council said the High Flow Area ...

He compared the fire map to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood hazard map, which shows the likelihood of a flood in each part of the country. Both maps are based on longstanding ...

Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards, causing billions of dollars in economic loss each year. By 2050, flood-related losses in the United States are expected to increase by 26% ...

Not all extreme weather hazards are sufficiently documented in ... the researchers designated a hazardous flood event as one that had an average recurrence interval of 2 or more years—meaning ...