An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atmosphere are creating conditions for deadly floods.

Even in areas that are mapped, like the Camp Mystic site in Kerr County, Texas, that was hit by a deadly flash flood on July ...

While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community ...

Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or ...

FEMA’s NFIP currently serves more than 4.7 million policyholders, most of them in areas where private flood coverage is either unaffordable or unavailable.

Several San Marcos homeowners said they were blindsided after learning they were required to purchase flood insurance following a FEMA update to flood insurance rate maps, which did not consider ...

According to FEMA, Risk Rating 2.0 was created under the Biden administration as a new approach to flood risk assessment through new data.

According to FEMA, Risk Rating 2.0 was created under the Biden administration as a new approach to flood risk assessment through new data. The system checks factors such as flood frequency, flood ...

According to FEMA’s data for the NFIP program, about a third of single-family homes pay between $1,000 and $2,000 per year for flood insurance coverage, on top of their home insurance premiums ...

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A journalist’s guide to the climate risk data market Over the past decade, there's been a proliferation of private firms offering highly detailed climate risk assessments for sale. Here’s what ...