FEMA recently held an open house to introduce the public to pending flood maps, an overview of the review process, and a ...

After record flooding in 2024, the city of Juneau is building flood barriers around surrounding communities in the Mendenhall Valley. The sand barriers placed from Marion drive runs all the way to ...

Fairbanks North Star Borough leaders say property owners could see millions of dollars in insurance savings as the borough revises its maps of areas at-risk for flooding. Kellen Spillman, FNSB ...

Juneau has already developed more than 40% of its wetlands. In a state where habitat loss is often distant and gradual, the ...

A massive quake might drop the Pacific Northwest coastline by 6 feet, redrawing flood maps and putting thousands of homes at risk.

JUNEAU — Over the past few months, contractors in Juneau have been constructing roughly 2 miles of temporary barriers, in ...

Researchers launched an interactive glacial outburst flood website today to help Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley residents plan ...

The University of Alaska Southeast and the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center launched a flood preparedness website on ...

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 Federal Emergency Management Agency has repeatedly delayed releasing Harris County’s updated flood maps, leaving much of the existing floodplain information outdated. Real estate listings do ...

It’s well worth a read. Plus, she dug up some great archival imagery, like this map of the 1927 flood: Some additional details on the map are in this article from the National Archives: The 200th ...