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 ...

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 ...

As Nashville braces for more severe weather through the weekend, those with homes in a floodplain face the highest risk of dangerous flooding. Not sure if that's you? If you live in Davidson ...

"It was kind of a surprise when the maps came." Residents in other towns such as Perinton and Pittsford also have had issues with the accuracy of the flood hazard maps. Any revisions or amendments ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Property owners will have a chance to appeal the federal government’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps on Oahu ... of homes in flood hazard areas for the first time.

The updated hazard zones are not intended to assess the current "risk" of wildfire damage but take a longer view, according to the State Fire Marshal. "They are like flood zone maps, where lands ...

JAKARTA: The government has said it is considering designating flood mitigation in Greater Jakarta a national strategic project (PSN) this year, following massive flooding in the region earlier ...

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.

“Know your neighborhood, click the place where you are in… and you will see the flood hazard maps, the landslide hazard maps and the storm surge hazard maps,” he added. Lagmay said the maps ...