New Maps Show 35K More New York City Buildings in Flood Zones
About 35,000 homes and businesses in New York City and Westchester County are being added to flood zones under new preliminary federal maps. They’re expected to affect flood insurance rates and zoning...
View ArticleConnecticut Shoreline Avoids Zoning Changes After Storms
After hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed by storms raking Connecticut’s shoreline, a state task force recommended that local zoning codes be changed to reflect rising sea level and new flood...
View ArticleInsurance Spike Feared by Indiana Homeowners in Flood Zones
Sunset Drive homeowner Wally Cantrell’s finished basement was destroyed in the June 2008 flood in Columbus, but his flood insurance policy helped cover a good bit of the repairs. Now, Cantrell wonders...
View ArticleRestrictions Proposed for Building in Oregon Flood Plains
Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations. The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a...
View ArticleAs Sea Levels Rise, Homes Continue to Sprout in U.S. Flood Zones
NEW YORK — New homes are going up fastest in high-flood risk areas in many U.S. coastal states, scientists said on Wednesday, despite increasing awareness that global warming has made living in such...
View ArticleThe One-Stop Rebuilding Shop for Wildfire Victims
California is on fire. Already this year, thousands of people have lost their homes, and communities are struggling to figure out how to rebuild. Nikki Pechet wants to be the person they turn to....
View ArticleU.S. Rolls Out First Update to Flood Insurance Pricing in 50 Years
NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of Americans will pay significantly more to insure their homes in coastal areas and flood zones under new rules released on Thursday by the Federal Emergency Management...
View ArticleStudy Finds More People Are Moving into High Flood Zones, Increasing Risk of...
Far more people are in harm`s way as they move into high flood zones across the globe, adding to an increase in watery disasters from climate change, a new study said. Since 1985, the number of the...
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