In general, people are moving to safer homes after disasters, but the vast majority are selling, meaning someone else is now taking on that risk. Buyout programs can help.

The maps were created using individual data, down to the address level, from 2007 to 2017, across more than 550 counties where FEMA's buyout program operated nationally. Zoomed out, they show just how ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. In several hard-hit areas, it wasn’t the first time homeowners found ...

New flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) identify updated flood hazards along more than 60 streams in Washoe County. The hope is that building officials and contractors, as ...

When the federal government shut down on October 1, so too did the country’s publicly managed National Flood Insurance ...

Motorola won a $7 million contract to modernize Kerr County’s emergency radio system. When a devastating flash flood swept ...

The storm killed about 20 people in Haiti and flooded more than 160 homes. Five bodies were found in Jamaica, and one person ...

When water's pooling on your bathroom floor at 11 PM, panic mode kicks in. You frantically Google "plumber near me" and cross ...