A peer‑reviewed study of 78 floods finds 43% of North Carolina buildings that took on water over the past two decades sit outside FEMA’s hazard zones, exposing insurance gaps and urging better risk ...

PREPARATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE FLOOD in Santa Rosa this year include more than having a disaster kit ready because residents ...

As coastal Georgia rapidly develops and approaches an abnormally wet hurricane season, its flood zone maps need an upgrade.

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk flood area in Texas Hill Country.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is encouraging residents, business owners and community leaders to review proposed updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Seneca County. A 90-day ...

The city of Clarksville is currently working with FEMA to have flood maps redrawn in certain flood-prone areas of the city. It comes after many residents told WSMV they’d like to see the maps ...

A UNC study finds 43% of flooded buildings in North Carolina were outside FEMA flood zones, revealing potential hidden risks ...

New Jersey environmental regulators are amending a proposal that has faced harsh criticism from builders and the business community.

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

A tsunami warning was issued for California's North Coast, after a massive earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia.

Sarah Labowitz is a senior fellow in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for ...