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An updated flood warning was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX on Wednesday at 9:02 a.m. in effect until Thursday at 5 a.m. for ...
Learn about your community’s updated flood maps and how it might effect your flood risk and insurance at FEMA’s virtual open ...
Your home may be at risk for flood damage even if you don’t live in a flood zone. As a result, skipping flood insurance could ...
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 ...
Widespread showers and thunderstorms will last through early afternoon, with the greatest risk of severe weather south of Interstate 10. Large hail, strong wind and localized minor flooding are ...
We surveyed over 700 UK residents in a nationwide study to understand how access to flood prediction maps, which indicate the relative risk of flooding for areas based on factors like sea-level rise, ...
The results were striking. Once people were shown flood risk maps, their preferences changed decisively—away from scenic seafront properties and towards locations that were inland and considered ...
Click the downloadable graphic: States at Risk from Coastal Floods In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago — and the frequency and intensity of ...
By 2050, homes in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco will have a higher flood risk than wildfire risk. Many homeowners in the area may have to take up increasingly costly flood insurance to ...
“This means that premiums under the new system use multiple other factors to determine risk, rather than just the flood zone and age of the building. For example, distance to flooding ...