Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PRINCETON – Mercer County’s emergency services director was recently named the West Virginia Floodplain Manager of the Year.

NPR asks Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, about the kind of support the government offers to those in flood-prone areas. When President Trump ...

That aphorism, which has been quoted by floodplain managers for nearly a century, comes from White’s 1942 doctoral thesis, making this perhaps one of most enduring phrases to ever emerge from a ...

SHOKAN — Registration is now open for a Floodplain Administrator Basic Training from April 8-9 offered by the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program (AWSMP). The training gives local Floodplain ...

FEMA has released draft versions of updated flood maps that could soon change flood insurance requirements for homeowners in affected communities. The updated maps, known as Pending Flood Insurance ...

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Planning Commission got an update on a planned revision to the borough’s Tanana River flood management plans on Tuesday, changes that could benefit hundreds of ...