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The Trump administration has changed course and is moving ahead with work to develop a new database that would provide ...
The insurance industry has published three "flood risk" symbols it would like estate agents in England and Wales to put on their property particulars. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is ...
FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.
Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or ...
Across dozens of major U.S. metros, more than $107 billion worth of homes at high risk for flooding are located in neighborhoods that suffered redlining in the 1930s.
A new analysis shows that nearly 70% more properties are actually at substantial risk of flooding in the US than FEMA maps indicate, meaning millions of home owners could be unaware they are at risk.
Climate change means more flood risk from rising seas, hurricanes and heavy rain. Black communities in the southern U.S. are in the crosshairs, according to a new analysis.
Source: Bloomberg analysis of 1-in-100-chance flood-depth predictions from UC Irvine (2023) and First Street (v1, 2020) Note: Find more details about the analysis in the methodology section at the ...
About 15 million properties in the U.S. are prone to flooding, but patchwork and ineffective disclosure laws mean most people get little to no information about flood risk before they move.
The risk of flooding around the U.S. will increase by more than 25% over the next 30 years because of climate change. That’s according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature ...