Fort Lauderdale will need $1.6 billion to stave off future floods, FEMA’s new flood maps include parts of Clearwater for the first time, and reinsurers meet with the FEMA Review Council in pursuit …
A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds many properties may be underinsured in non-coastal flood zones, FEMA’s maps may be lulling homeowners into a false sense of security, and …
A new report shows federal flood maps are misleading property owners into believing they don’t need flood insurance, FEMA is making historic levels of funding available for community resilience projects, and NOAA is sharing its latest …
I had the pleasure of sitting down recently to talk with two flood experts on the growing problem of urban flooding and what mitigation approaches are being tried – and working – here in Florida and in Texas. …
There’s another report that came out this week quantifying the under-classification and reporting of high-risk flood properties here in Florida and in the United States. But this one has an interesting addition – a property-specific look-up …
The FEMA road show has begun in South Florida. The agency is holding open houses from West Palm Beach south through the Florida Keys to reveal proposed new Flood Insurance Rate Maps to replace the existing …
Hurricane Dorian served as another reminder of the startling number of Americans at risk of flooding but who have no flood insurance. Even worse are the growing numbers shedding coverage. Meanwhile, in Southwest …
