While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received letters bumping them into high-risk flood zones. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released its widely ...

Florida plans to launch a program that will help homeowners secure grants and loans to elevate their homes above flood levels.

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

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

The president-elect's eventual nominee to lead the emergency management agency will be caught between Florida's disaster ...

Traditional methods of communicating how likely an area is to flood focus on designating which zones are 'high risk.' This study suggests that this framing may give developers and homeowners a false ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.