New flood insurance requirements won't take effect until the maps are finalized in two to three years, county officials said. Here's what to know ahead of hurricane season June 1.

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas. The ...

Some homeowners create additional bedrooms or an apartment by building an enclosure below the elevated home in violation of ...

Heavy rains on Thursday flooded sections of Interstate 93, shut down part of the Red Line, and prompted flash flood warnings south of Boston. A year earlier, a rain-packed storm caused severe flooding ...

MIAMI — Among those feeling the pain of the government shutdown are people in coastal areas and other locations where they need flood insurance. The government-backed National Flood Insurance Program ...

Nearly every county in the United States has experienced flooding in the past few decades, but just 4% of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance, according to the Federal Emergency Management ...

It's the middle of hurricane season, and meteorologists say we've been lucky so far. Of the nine named storms and three hurricanes that have formed this season, only one short-lived tropical storm has ...

The National Flood Insurance Program's expiration looms, but experts predict renewal despite federal budget cuts. FEMA faces potential restructuring, but the flood insurance program is considered ...

Nearly 200,000 properties could be moved into high-risk flood zones under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's overhaul of Harris County's flood maps. After repeated delays, in February, FEMA ...

A federal report recommends privatizing the National Flood Insurance Program, currently managed by FEMA. Florida has the most federal flood insurance policies in the nation, covering an estimated ...