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Less than 5% of homes in the county's FEMA floodplain had flood coverage, well below the national average. Uptake was even ...
Arlington County adopted its long-awaited Climate Resolution on Saturday. It was a big deal, based on the smiles around the crowded county board hearing room.
“The Climate Adaptation Report Card represents an important milestone in our ongoing efforts to strengthen Charles County’s resilience to climate change,” said Deb Hall, Acting County ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is developing a framework for assessing drought in a changing ...
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous floodplain ...
FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.
Ralph Sheppard is an ecologist living in Donegal, where he has been monitoring the birds since the 1950s. This is an extract from his book The Birds of County Donegal ...
Durham County Council's carbon footprint fell from 80,523 tonnes in 2008-09 to 29,173 in 2023-24, with an aim of achieving net zero by 2030.
Ten days after catastrophic flash floods swept through Central Texas, first responders are still sifting through debris to find the missing and recover the dead. Emergency crews resumed some recovery ...
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.