Levee 37 has provided property owners along the Des Plaines River with much-needed flood control. Now, an intergovernmental agreement between Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights could lead to flood ...

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new ...

SUPERIOR — Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Douglas County are holding an open house Thursday about the release of preliminary new flood maps. The open house is 4-7 p.m. at ...

Before buying a house in a flood zone, it’s important to know the risks and costs involved — especially with the increase in ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec. 20 ... they may now be required to buy flood insurance. In Palm Beach County alone ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new report showing differences in how likely homeowners with ...

Talk about it with your neighbors, call your agent or try visiting the FEMA flood insurance site at ... designation with a LOMA – a Letter of Map Amendment – if you think you were mistakenly ...

On January 13, the CFPB released a report titled “Flood Risk and the U.S. Mortgage Market” discussing differences in homeowners’ access to ...

Enacted on Dec. 20, new base flood elevation for Palm Beach Midtown may mean higher construction cost and flood insurance premiums for homeowners.