Media coverage of our massive king tides this month has been extensive and opened more eyes to worsening flood risk in Florida. But it’s mostly been overshadowed by even worse news. When two problems ...

The study, published Tuesday in the Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience, suggests that in the last few years, hundreds of thousands of Americans have dropped their flood insurance policies or ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – The finger-pointing continues on Capitol Hill as Republicans and Democrats struggle to sort out the government shutdown, with healthcare and hurricanes top of mind for ...

For more than a month, a lapse in funding froze Americans' largest provider of flood insurance. The National Flood Insurance Program, which accounts for 90% of all U.S. flood policies, often couldn't ...

Despite a ‘rain bomb’ that flooded this home in the Edgewood neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale in April 2023, property values there have largely rebounded in the months since. Matias J. Ocner ...

Buyers of homes in flood zones could be encountering unexpected hurdles this week: The government shutdown that took effect on Wednesday also has suspended the National Flood Insurance Program’s ...

When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to ...

It’s bad news for the program, which is in $22 billion of debt, plus faces rising costs to insure flood prone homes as climate change raises sea levels and intensifies rainstorms. A for sale sign ...