It's critical to lift the walls of the house above the water, so that the only thing underwater in a storm are columns.” Caplow notes that flood plain maps are ... the more elevated your house ...

Municipalities have objected to the fact that the government has been holding public consultations on the plan all summer without presenting corresponding maps of flood ... A house is the ...

As Hurricane Milton roared toward Florida, many residents on the west coast of the state decided to weather the storm in vulnerable areas.

Environmentalists have raised concerns and warned that filling up waterbodies in the city can have severe impact on biodiversity and can hamper flood control ... around my house like never ...

The buyer couldn’t get financing after the bank told them the house was in a flood zone, Wiebe said. “Our house is not in a flood zone.” When the new map came out, Wiebe and Kipper said they ...

Marilyn Gladish spent Friday picking trash from the wet goo that had accumulated on her front lawn while workers power washed mud that had infiltrated her ground-floor garage. But the 83-year-old’s ...

Michael Greenstein was born and raised ... your house, are you in here? Jean, it’s Mike, your neighbor. I’m here.’ And all I hear is, ‘I’m in here.’” He came up with a plan fast.

Two former campaign officials involved in Trump’s 2020 fake electors scheme have been hired by House Republicans to oversee ...

To qualify for flood zone insurance, they took out a $210,000 loan to elevate their home. “The only choice we had was to go severely in debt and raise the house, and hope by being elevated ...

The conflict highlights the promise and peril of easing requirements on companies seeking federal approval for energy ...

Her house was thankfully spared from serious damage, but it was the first time she ever saw her street flood. “We’ve never had that before. I mean, we’re in a no-flood zone, we’re not even ...