Flooding isn’t just a risk for those living near hurricane-prone coastlines or riverbanks—floodwaters can rise almost anywhere, including areas where homeowners least expect it. Even a single ...

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 ...

BRADENTON, Florida, Aug. 4-- Manatee County issued the following news: A new Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) flood insurance rate map will go into effect in Aug. 10 and may impact ...

Some Jackson homeowners who have been paying flood insurance for years may soon not have to. Other homeowners, however, might have to start paying for flood coverage. Chris Koehler of Koehler ...

Floods are among the top natural disaster threats to homes because of their increasing frequency, potential for devastating consequences, and the growing costs to repair their damage. So if you ...

A truck barrels through flooded Old Bridge Drive on Aug. 6, 2024, at The Farm in Bluffton, S.C. after Tropical Storm Debby came through the overnight hours. Drew Martin dmartin@islandpacket.com It’s a ...

DENTON, Texas — FEMA released revised preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps, or FIRMs, for review by both residents and business owners in all communities and incorporated areas of Lafourche Parish on ...

Ithaca’s Common Council will vote to adopt new FEMA flood maps and update floodplain management regulations at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, April 16, at Ithaca City Hall. The proposed law, adopting FEMA’s ...

It’s a call that Shari Mendrick, the town of Hilton Head’s floodplain manager, gets almost every day: A Hilton Head resident wants to know if they should drop their flood insurance. The town adopted ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Property owners will have a chance to appeal the federal government’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps on Oahu. Over the past five years, FEMA has studied flood risks near ...

Some residents living near Alligator Creek in northern Pinellas County may need to purchase flood insurance next year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed a new flood map for the ...