With the flood watch in place for the entire MOV Valentines day weekend, a local insurance agency is giving some advice on ...

New Orleans ranks as the worst U.S. city for flood risk. Learn why, what it means for homebuyers, and how to protect your new home with flood insurance and other options.

Real-estate giant Zillow began offering snapshots of climate risk to potential homebuyers in September 2024. The climate risk scores reflect a property’s risk of five types of hazards over the next 30 ...

The combination of snow and slopes produces avalanches, so they are inescapable in a mountainous country such as Norway. In ...

Under the rule, rebuilt structures could be required to be elevated above the expected height of a future flood or be ...

FEMA's 50% rule on elevation is designed to stop the cycle of flood damage but is leading to opposite outcomes in two ...

The Luizs were advised last year that the state Floodplain Strategy 2021 meant they were no longer able to build on the site, due to rising sea levels. Shattered, they tried to sell, but buyers ...

The agency issued an internal memo saying it would “pause” a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public ...

A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.