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Virginia officials are updating the commonwealth's master flood plan to help localities tackle future flooding risks.
Some people in Clay County who may not have had to pay for flood insurance in the past might be required to now due to FEMA ...
Central Texas doesn’t have to be reminded what water can do. Just this July, flash floods tore through the Hill Country, ...
Between 8 and 10 p.m. on July 6, tropical storm flood waters pushed through Carrboro’s Weatherhill Pointe neighborhood near Morgan Creek. In less than two hours, it turned streets into rivers, ...
Jennifer Johnson and her mother, Steffi Cooper, leave their flood damaged home in the Weatherhill Pointe neighborhood of Carrboro after a visit on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Robert Willett ...
A new study reveals a wide variety of approaches across the US for establishing building elevation guidelines that account for future sea level rise, highlighting a need for more standardized methods.
Homeowners and renters who were affected by the July flooding in Central Texas now have until Sunday, Sept. 28, to apply for federal disaster assistance if their home or personal property sustained ...
OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. — Senator Shelley Moore Capito visited Wheeling to see for herself the updates in Ohio County in the second month of flood recovery. The Wheeling-Ohio Homeland Security and EMA and ...
At 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch in effect until Wednesday at 5 a.m. for Harney County. The weather service says, "Flash flooding caused by excessive ...
Many of the maps that dictate the riskiest flood zones in Western N.C. and elsewhere haven’t been updated in years. Local governments often fight the changes. The people of Key West, Florida, are ...