Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is My Home in a Flood Zone? How To Check Flood Maps and Figure Out If You Need Flood Insurance Flooding isn’t just a coastal or ...
Jeremy Porter is a professor of quantitative methods in the social sciences at the City University of New York. Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is ...
A new study finds that many homeowners face a higher flood risk than they expect. It’s a prospect that raises questions about the accuracy of government flood maps that determine insurance coverage, ...
A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger higher insurance costs and restrictions on construction. Reading time 3 ...
Santa Barbara County residents who own property in a former Recovery Map High Hazard Area (HHA) for flooding may no longer need permitting review from the Flood Control District. On July 15 the Board ...
Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas. The ...
Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...
Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...