Federal flood maps for New Hampshire — which determine, among other things, cost and availability of flood insurance — are being upgraded. That makes sense because scientific models of possible ...

Louisville, Tenn. — When a big storm hits, Peninsula Hospital could be underwater. At this decades-old psychiatric hospital on the edge of the Tennessee River, an intense storm could submerge the ...

New Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps that took effect Friday in Ukiah could impact low-income property owners who may have to buy flood insurance for the first time. The new FEMA flood ...

FINDLAY, Ohio — The city of Findlay announced on Thursday planned revisions to its flood zone map around the Blanchard River, which passes through the city. "I really see that all of the flood ...

LIVINGSTON, Mont.—When a torrential flood struck this town nestled on the banks of the Yellowstone River in 2022, it swamped areas that scientists had long predicted were susceptible to flooding.

Daniel Melser receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI). This article has been produced by Daniel Melser in his role ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has unveiled preliminary flood maps for Butte County and the City of Chico, highlighting revised flood hazards al ...