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Flood risk mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) helps identify areas that are vulnerable to flooding

 Flood risk mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) helps identify areas that are vulnerable to flooding. It combines data such as elevation, rainfall, river networks, l...

NOAA Expands Flood Mapping Tool To Nearly Every U.S. Resident

Nearly 100% of US Now Covered by NOAA’s Flood Mapping Tool

NOAA’s National Weather Service announced that Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM), a tool for predicting river flooding, has expanded from prior coverage of 60% of the country to 100%....

New analysis could help Washington, D.C., better prepare for floods

Maps that account for rainfall and overwhelmed storm drains show greater risks than traditional flood plain maps.

New York Upgrades Systems to Better Predict Floods and Water Supplies

New York is upgrading its statewide system that helps communities better understand and predict flooding so that they can reduce the associated risks. FloodSafe NY is a partnership...

Map of flood in Nepal

For the New York Times, Pablo Robles, Leanne Abraham, and Josh Holder mapped…Tags: flood, Nepal, New York Times

Flood Re's certificates face the same problem as Australia's data

Property-level measurement moves flood cost around. It does not reduce the total sitting in the floodplain

FEMA’s New Flood Maps Means More Homes Require Flood Insurance: Cotality

New changes to FEMA’s flood maps means that thousands more residential properties are now located within the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), according to a Cotality ale...

Homes to get flood ratings as Flood Re and government launch certificate pilots

Trials start this year in at-risk areas of England, with Flood Re hoping the scores will eventually feed into what households pay for cover

Flood insurance is vanishing where the water is rising fastest

Properties at severe risk outnumber federal flood policies more than three to one, and the gap is widest in poorer inland communities that FEMA's maps miss

Westport's new real-time flood forecasting system to help plan for evacuations

The system is the first of its kind in the country and combines tides, river flows and weather forecasts to predict where floodwaters might go during severe weather.

Flood Re preps national flood resilience information service

Government-backed insurance scheme to launch website providing flood resilience information, guidance, support, and access to innovative solutions

EPCs for flooding: New performance certificates promise to assess property flood risk

Government and Flood Re to test new certificates for homeowners and insurers this year in areas at high risk of flooding, before wider rollout in 2027

Hanoi launches real-time flood map with instant alerts

The Hanoi Department of Science and Technology has launched and put into operation a mini app called "Ban do mua ngap" (Rainfall and Flooding Map) on the iHanoi digital citizen app...

UT San Antonio research team studies 2025 floods to help prepare for future catastrophes

The researchers say the data should make officials rethink preconceived ideas about flooding conditions to improve flood forecasting, preparedness and response.

Comite Diversion Canal more than halfway done, but flood insurance relief is still a ways off

BATON ROUGE — State lawmakers are pushing FEMA to update Louisiana's flood maps as the Comite Diversion Canal project surpasses 60 percent completion.Officials say FEMA n...

13 Million High-Risk Homes Sit Outside FEMA Flood Zones as El Niño Looms

Nearly 13 million high-risk properties sit outside FEMA’s mapped flood zones, where just 2% carried federal flood insurance as of April.

Satellite images show rivers flooded on Nepal-China border

Earth scientists are searching satellite imagery following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border for clues to the cause

Government launches new 'one stop shop' for flood advice

Flood Action Online service launched to mark start of Flood Action Week, as government pledges to improve protection for 200,000 properties

Satellite images show rivers flooded on Nepal-China border

Earth scientists are searching satellite imagery following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border for clues to the cause

Making Room for Water: Floodable Parks in Latin America

Walk along a river in almost any Latin American city and you will find stretches that have been straightened, lined with concrete, buried beneath roads, or pushed behind industrial...

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FEMA Review Council’s Proposed Cutoff Would Have Excluded 29% of Disasters Since 2012. Check Your Flood Coverage

Almost a third of flood claims come from outside high-risk areas, and most homeowners policies won't cover them.

FEMA Launches Online Purchasing for Flood Insurance Policies

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has launched a new tool for residents to buy flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program. Available, at floodsmart....