Climate Change Is Overwhelming US Flood Maps, FEMA Head Says September 6, 2022 By Victoria Cavaliere Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and...
FEMA Contractors Not Liable for Misrepresentations About Flood Risk May 3, 2022 By Jim Sams The North Fork of the White River in southern Missouri is a nationally known fly-fishing destination, teeming with brown and...
Researchers Say New FEMA Flood Maps Underestimate Flood Risk March 4, 2022 By Laura Oleniacz Researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States. The...
Realtors: FEMA’s New Flood Insurance Pricing Looks Promising November 8, 2021 By Rachel Sawicki DOVER, Del. (AP) — Cyndee Hayden lost everything in a house fire in Philadelphia nearly 30 years ago. Her saving...
From New York to Houston, Flood Risk For Real Estate Hubs Ramps Up June 29, 2020 By Kate Duguid and Ally Levine The number of properties in the United States in danger of flooding this year is 70% higher than government data...
Citing Climate Risk, Investors Bet Against Mortgage Market September 30, 2019 By Kate Duguid NEW YORK — David Burt helped two of the protagonists of Michael Lewis’ book The Big Short bet against the...
Study Indicates Texas Will Experience 100-Year Rain Events More Frequently October 1, 2018 Decades of additional weather data have led federal officials to reconsider rainfall totals in Texas that define 100-year weather events...
Oregon City’s Businesses Frustrated by Delayed Flood Maps December 21, 2017 By BRENNA VISSER, The Daily Astorian For the past two years, Cheri Lerma of Cheri’s Cafe & Cannon Beach Cookie has spent almost $10,000 on flood...
New Study Finds FEMA Houston Flood Maps Outdated Long Before Harvey September 22, 2017 The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood plain maps for parts of southeastern Houston were woefully out-of-date long before Hurricane Harvey...
New Jersey Legislators Tout Flood Insurance Reform Legislation August 21, 2017 Five years after Superstorm Sandy devastated towns along the New Jersey shore, Sen. Bob Menendez and Rep. Frank Pallone want...