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As climate change intensifies extreme weather, two new NYU studies show 3D flood visualizations developed by a ...
Large parts of NSW are experiencing flooding, with more than 50,000 people preparing to evacuate. The Mid North Coast is ...
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 ...
THE likelihood and extent of climate-related losses and damage have increased, with global warming likely to breach the ...
The City and Borough of Juneau released updated flood inundation maps on Thursday that show barriers being installed along the Mendenhall River should protect neighborhoods even at an 18-foot ...
A long-awaited update to FEMA's flood maps for Harris County has been delayed again, eight years after Hurricane Harvey revealed how the current renderings drastically underestimate homeowners ...
A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...
Ithaca’s Common Council will vote to adopt new FEMA flood maps and update floodplain management regulations at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, April 16, at Ithaca City Hall. The proposed law, adopting ...
Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas.
FEMA is "finalizing flood data to develop the Preliminary Flood Maps and flood risk products" for the Lansing area, the agency said in an email this week. The new maps, covering much of Greater ...