81% of Flood Insurance Policyholders Will See Rate Increases, Report Says April 26, 2022 By Leslie Kaufman When the Federal Emergency Management Agency rolled out a major overhaul to its beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program last April,...
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Warned as Storm Approaches March 23, 2022 DALLAS (AP) — A storm system that left widespread damage and some injuries in its wake in Texas drifted into...
Researchers Say New FEMA Flood Maps Underestimate Flood Risk March 4, 2022 By Laura Oleniacz Researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States. The...
Ida Victims Move From Tent Camps to Trailers 4 Months Later January 12, 2022 SCHRIEVER, La. (AP)–More than four months after Hurricane Ida destroyed or did major damage to their houses, some Louisiana residents...
Flood Insurance Costs Rise in Areas Once Deemed Lower Risk December 9, 2021 By Suman Naishadham and Michael Phillis WASHINGTON (AP) –In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent...
Realtors: FEMA’s New Flood Insurance Pricing Looks Promising November 8, 2021 By Rachel Sawicki DOVER, Del. (AP) — Cyndee Hayden lost everything in a house fire in Philadelphia nearly 30 years ago. Her saving...
Edwards: Ida Temporary Trailer Program Ramps Up in Louisiana October 29, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s temporary housing program for people displaced by Hurricane Ida is increasing its pace of...
Analysis: Louisiana Braces For Flood Insurance Sticker Shock October 4, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana homeowners, many of them still digging out of Hurricane Ida’s...
Flooded Tennessee Town Wrestles With How, Where to Rebuild October 4, 2021 By Jonathan Mattise and Travis Loller WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — In the 100 years that Jim Traylor’s family had lived in his house in rural Waverly,...
New Jersey Weighs Expanding Flood Buyback Program After Ida September 27, 2021 By Mike Catalini TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Liz Sawyer called Manville, New Jersey, home for more than two decades when Ida became the...