After riding out the Halloween flood on his roof with his wife and four terrified children, Abraham Perdomo would rather be living somewhere else. Somewhere safer, where his daughter isn’t afraid of sleeping alone and none of them have to …
Despite the passage of a federal policy to ease spikes in flood insurance rates, implementation lag time is leaving at least one South Dakotan in a lurch. Two of Cory Gollnick’s seven rental properties in Aberdeen have or will see …
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s concerned about new federal flood insurance rules. Warren is pressing Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate about the impact of the new rules on families in Massachusetts and across the country who have …
California is suffering from one of its driest winters on record, but some statewide water managers are focusing on the opposite end of the precipitation spectrum – the one-in-five residents who live in regions prone to catastrophic flooding. A joint …
Biloxi, Miss.’ ranking in FEMA’s Community Rating System has improved to a Class 5, which for those living in a flood zone means 25 percent lower flood insurance premiums. The Sun Herald reports the city learned last week its rate …