The City of Pooler has earned a Class 5 FEMA Community Rating System rating, qualifying eligible National Flood Insurance Program policyholders for a 25% premium discount starting Oct. 1.

The fate of 29 residents’ flood insurance hinges on response to a FEMA law violation at a home on Gardners Grove Road, and the selectboard is considering taking

First Alert 4 Investigates is diving into federal data following what first responders and Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe call a one-in-a-thousand-year event in Reynolds County last week.

Brick leaders want their community to be on the front lines of flood prevention, especially given the township's vulnerability to flooding.

A North Carolina medical practice says its flood insurer and claims handlers delayed, shifted positions, and denied a covered Hurricane Helene loss. Ashewell Medical Group and its landlord, Boxee Holdings,

Hurricane season is underway and runs through Nov. 30. Preparation is key for Georgia residents when it comes to understanding what homeowners insurance will and won't cover. Inland cities like Augusta and Athens are far from the coast,

Intensifying climate change makes protection against natural disaster risk – either through ex ante insurance or ex post aid – a first-order public policy issue. Flood risk protection in the U.S. traditionally featured ex post aid through FEMA and heavily subsidized insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Insurance experts are urging Florida homeowners and renters to secure flood insurance before storms develop, warning that waiting periods can leave properties unprotected.

A for sale sign posted in a flooded area of Holiday Acres Mobile Home Park in Hialeah after an intense rainstorm in June 2024. Experts say it’s a matter of when flooding risk affects Florida home prices, not if. Photograph by Al Diaz adiaz@miamiherald ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency hasn't developed flood plain maps — which determine who must buy flood insurance — for many less-populated areas.

Flood disasters cause billions in damage. So far, the government—that is, the general public—has regularly footed the bill. This is because many homeowners are not insured against flooding.