A peer‑reviewed study of 78 floods finds 43% of North Carolina buildings that took on water over the past two decades sit ...

The number of structures at risk of flooding in the United States could be higher than previously thought, according to a study published Monday ...

Even within SFHAs, where flood coverage is often mandated, 52% of expected annual losses remain uninsured. Low-income ...

For purposes of the study, FEMA has defined a 100-year rainfall as 15.3 inches of rain within 24 hours in the mountains above Montecito and Carpinteria, or 7.8 inches within 24 hours on the coast.

Kerr County sits in a region known as Flash Flood Alley, and at least four cabins at Camp Mystic sat in an extremely ...

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)released a report that says a 7.7 magnitude earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone would cause widespread and ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to develop a new database aimed at providing more precise locations of ...

Report shows officials removed dozens of buildings at Camp Mystic, located in ‘flash flood alley,’ from flood-risk maps ...

Feb. 24—The Federal Emergency Management Agency has presented coastal erosion hazard projections for Essex County, including Cape Ann, for 2030, 2050 and 2100. In 2015, the federal agency's ...

Now, a scientific study in the journal Environmental Research Letters pinpoints just how much: 41 million Americans live in a 100-year flood zone - three times as many as the Federal Emergency ...