First Street Finds Most Debby-Damaged Homes Outside Flood Zone, Without Coverage August 15, 2024 More than three-fourths of properties flooded by Hurricane Debby were outside a designated flood hazard area and were likely to...
Moody’s Estimates U.S. Private Market Insured Losses for Debby Won’t Exceed $1.5B August 14, 2024 Moody’s RMS Event Response estimates U.S. private market insured losses from Hurricane Debby won’t exceed $1.5 billion, which represents insured...
FEMA Approves $61M For Iowans Affected by Spring Flooding and Severe Storms August 14, 2024 The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than $61 million for Iowa residents who experienced damage from this spring’s flooding,...
Hurricane Debby’s Florida Claims Already Near 12,000 August 12, 2024 By William Rabb The number of Florida claims from Hurricane Debby, filed within five days of the storm, already is almost half of...
Redfin: More People Are Moving in Than out of Fire- and Flood-Prone U.S. Counties August 9, 2024 More people are moving in than out of parts of the U.S. where wildfires, flooding and extreme heat are more...
Removing U.S. Subsidies Curbed Building in Climate Risk Zones, Study Finds August 7, 2024 By Leslie Kaufman The U.S. Congress passed the Coastal Barrier Resources Act in 1982 to preserve relatively undeveloped waterfront areas as natural buffer...
Weather Service: Extreme Flood Risk Increasing in Next Few Days from Debby August 6, 2024 An extreme risk to lives and property from widespread flooding is expanding across the Southeast this week before Debby makes...
The Challenges of Flood Disaster Recovery in Urban Environments July 26, 2024 By Michael D. Matthews In recent years, cities worldwide have faced an alarming increase in the frequency and severity of flood events. These catastrophes...
‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules July 24, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within...
Data Shows Hurricanes and Earthquakes Grab Headlines But Inland Counties Top Disaster List July 24, 2024 By Seth Borenstein Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people...