“The water has gotten raised almost, I’d say, 12 inches if not more.” McHugh watches the waters rise on her street regularly. But her house is not in a FEMA flood zone even though her ...

Sacramento’s two candidates for mayor have very different views on where homeless shelters should go. Only one of them is ...

River House sits on a stunning plot on a bend in the River Thames. Accessed from a long private road, the plot sits in flood zone 3b and floods periodically ... The house is an elevated box, eroded ...

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 ...

We felt safe,” said Angela, “because neighbors told us it had never flooded.” But even as the Brudoses’ home remained ...

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 ...

To put this in perspective, the average payout on a flood claim from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is $52,000, according to FEMA. A flood insurance policy covers your house and your ...

“If FEMA comes through and changes the flood maps, as they do periodically ... While grievances have been raised about the channel’s condition and the potential for large-scale flooding ...

This crisis has raised concerns about ... hurricane's path were not covered by flood insurance. Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Many homes in high-risk flood zones nationwide do not have flood insurance ...

The agency says it needs to raise the tax rate by nearly 60% to ensure the county’s aging flood control system can protect ...

Plans for a Native Hawaiian homestead community in Ewa Beach have been scaled back due to issues including sea-level rise and ...

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 ...