After Northeast Flooding, Insurance Woes Swamp Residents September 24, 2021 By Bobby Caina Calvan and David Porter NEW YORK (AP) — After being pummeled by two tropical storms that submerged basements, cracked home foundations and destroyed belongings,...
U.S. Rolls Out First Update to Flood Insurance Pricing in 50 Years April 6, 2021 By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of Americans will pay significantly more to insure their homes in coastal areas and...
Emergency Experts Contemplate What FEMA Should Do Next December 14, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman Perhaps no single federal agency has been tested as much by 2020 as the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It has...
Mississippi Residents Still Recovering 2 Months After Flood August 12, 2019 By Dima Amro OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — Frances Ivonne Brensdal woke up June 7 to find her Olive Branch home flooded after a...
As Sea Levels Rise, Homes Continue to Sprout in U.S. Flood Zones August 1, 2019 By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK — New homes are going up fastest in high-flood risk areas in many U.S. coastal states, scientists said...
Climate Advocates Cheer Trump Policy Shift on Flood Insurance March 18, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle About the photo: A member of a search and rescue team wades through floodwaters after Hurricane Florence in Carolina Beach,...
Trump Flood Insurance Plan May Increase Premiums, Reduce Property Values March 12, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle Flood insurance premiums could rise and property values fall in the most deluge-prone areas under a plan the Trump administration...
Flood Insurance Rebuilds Homes with Public Money Repeatedly November 28, 2018 By EMERY P. DALESIO Floodwaters rose about 15 inches (40 centimeters) into Danielle Rees’ home in September when Hurricane Florence drenched this tidewater city...
Insurers Dive into Private Flood Coverage September 5, 2018 By Denise Johnson Recent hurricanes have highlighted the flood insurance gap. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria caused a record $135 billion in damages,...
Senate Votes for 4 Month Extension of Flood Insurance Program August 2, 2018 By KEVIN FREKING The Senate voted Tuesday to extend for four months the program that provides flood insurance for nearly 5 million homeowners...