Machine learning is cutting down the time it takes to generate flood maps from 24 hours to just 1 to 2 minutes.

Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their flood defense contractor addressed concerns about the ...

A Washington Post analysis shows how federal flood maps underestimated the risk homeowners faced in the parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene.

A Napier man who got his insurance premiums reduced after he challenged a council flooding hazard map is calling for greater ...

The insurer told Dol his property was in a high-risk area for flooding, and new mapping had shown it was also at risk of ...

Because private home insurers generally find this sector of the business unprofitable, the federal National Flood Insurance Program shoulders the burden of providing homeowners inundation coverage ...

With six weeks left in this hurricane season, the Small Business Administration's disaster loan program is already out of money. It's funded by the premiums collected from policyholders but borrows ...

Earlier Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was awarded $7.6 million for flooding and extreme precipitation preparedness by the Biden-Harris administration.

Hurricane Helene likely caused more than $30 billion worth of damage. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton inflicted almost $50 billion more. With six weeks left in this hurricane ...

Hurricane Helene likely caused more than $30 billion worth of damage. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton inflicted almost $50 billion more. With several weeks left in this hurricane ...

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Hurricane Helene likely caused more than $30 billion worth of damage. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton inflicted almost $50 billion more. With six weeks left in this hurricane ...