What should you do after being hit by flooding, tornado or other disaster? Experts have advice.

Nearly 200,000 properties could be moved into high-risk flood zones under the FEMA's overhaul of Harris County’s flood maps.

Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski said this week she couldn't promise the government will deliver a ...

If your house isn’t sitting next to a river or the ocean, flood insurance probably feels unnecessary. But the numbers say otherwise. According to FEMA, 99% of U.S. counties have experienced a flooding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A neighborhood is inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey near east Interstate 10 on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in ...

For many Houstonians, flood insurance will soon become a mandatory part of their household budgets for the first time. Search our map to find out how much it currently costs.

Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski says program promised in 2019 is ‘top of mind’ but difficult to set up ...

The flood insurance program faces a Sept. 30 deadline. Major elements can disappear without Congressional action. Participation in the program is already extremely low and sinking fast because of ...

On the eve of this reauthorization deadline, though, concerns about a government shutdown have continued to grow. In the short term, if the program expires, valid claims will still get paid. But after ...

Flood insurance premiums are climbing sharply in high-risk coastal zones, with some South Carolina communities seeing among the highest average annual costs on the southern Atlantic coast. New FEMA ...

Flood insurance is becoming a luxury as rising prices across South Carolina forcing residents to weigh the costs of coastal ...

The flood insurance directory was launched in February 2022 to help households in flood-prone areas to access suitable ...