Thanks to new risk-assessment technology from First Street Foundation, the true scale of flood threats is becoming clearer.

The Netherlands is sinking ... In fact, a sea level rise and coastal flood map projects that many areas, including Wisbech, ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government ...

The red areas on the map ... in the Netherlands, thousands of people in towns and villages along the River Meuse have been urged to leave their houses. Science failed to predict flood and heat ...

For centuries meandering rivers have been straightened – but experts say restoring their natural bends and curves can prevent ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Flood maps are different from evacuation zones and show a property's risk for flooding at any time of the year, including as a result of heavy rain. These zones have nothing to do ...

His landlord, fearing the house might flood, had shut off the electricity ... over the region that used ice-penetrating radar to map the seafloor topography. The flights revealed that a 2,000 ...

The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly underestimated the flood risk faced by properties in the parts of North Carolina ...

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Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Too many homeowners think they don’t need flood insurance. Only about 27% of homeowners have it, according to the National ...

Who Has To Buy Flood Insurance? You can find out about the flood risk of any property at FloodSmart.gov or via the FEMA website map. If the website says the property is in a high-risk area ...