This year, extreme precipitation deluged communities across the United States — a hallmark risk of a warming climate. Government flood-insurance maps often left residents unprepared for the threat.

Greater Washington's flood risk will keep growing — here's what ... To get an idea of what you might pay for flood insurance, check the rate maps produced by ... 050523 DC LE graphic flood ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, highlights how recent deadly flooding events in Texas and North ...

WASHINGTON -- Torrential rainfall drenched Washington, D.C., Monday, dropping between 3-to-6 inches of rain over parts of the District in the span of a few hours. Flooding from the storm caused at ...

The Trump administration is resuming work on a flash flood risk database, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

FEMA, which is updating flood insurance maps from the 1980s, is setting up a "technical mapping advisory council" that will study how the agency might take future climate change into account. At ...

More than five inches fell in some suburbs of the capital. The authorities in Maryland rescued dozens of people, including ...

Without map identification, Nick Bonard, a D.C. Department of Energy and Environment branch chief, says residents may not know their home is at risk for flooding or how to prepare. The DC Flood ...

Each for-sale listing on Zillow now displays First Street risk scores for flood, fire, wind, air and heat. They also show those same risk percentages estimated 15 years and 30 years into the future.

National Hurricane Center data for Miami, Washington, D.C., and New York City show development happening in at-risk areas, even as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms. June 16, 2025 ...