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

Worsening extreme weather, linked to climate change, is bringing catastrophic flooding to homes that have never seen it ...

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

Image shows a flooded village in the Maldives, a SIDS and the smallest country in Asia. A new study has exposed for the first ...

Unlike First Street, a research and consulting group that offers climate-based risk assessments to companies and governments, FEMA is charged with mapping and regulating flood zones for the public.

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but especially in ...

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 ...

The upshot is that FEMA flood hazard maps that determine coverage today rely on outdated ... Still, premiums greatly lag behind risk assessments. Congress should enable FEMA to build on the Risk ...

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 ...