Bordering Long Island and Queens, the Rockaways is a part of New York City that is all too familiar with flooding. In 2012, coastal flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy decimated the area, leaving ...

(AP) - Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home ...

Rep. Nydia Velázquez has represented parts of Brooklyn and Queens in Congress for more than 30 years. She currently serves as the ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee, which oversees ...

Congress extended NFIP to Sept. 30, preventing immediate mortgage and home sale disruptions for NC homeowners.

A year after Hurricane Helene ripped through the South with devastating wind, rain, and flooding, fewer people are buying flood insurance in four of the six states the storm affected. Nationally, ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Though natural disasters cycle across seasons and regions in the U.S., it’s often a shocking discovery for property owners how expansive and expensive flood and water damage can be when a ...

The study addresses four broad areas, risk analysis, flood insurance, risk reduction, and risk communication, regarding how levees are considered in the NFIP. Specific issues within these areas ...