You may qualify for lower flood insurance costs if you have an elevation certificate that shows your first floor is higher than the first floor determined by FEMA. More than 1,000 communities ...

In a rainy season, it's important to understand your flood risk. For insurance purposes, what is a flood? What proactive steps can be taken before ...

More than three years after Hurricane Ida devastated south Louisiana, the Federal Emergency Management Agency this month ...

Many who lost their homes during Fred in 2021 were hit all over again by Helene in 2024. But Alex Robb of Cruso, who rebuilt ...

Some standards in the city’s floodplain ordinance, for example, mandate a certain elevation ... development in flood hazard areas,” Huffman said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

“FEMA has really let us down, let the country down,” Trump told reporters Friday after Air Force One touched down in Asheville, North Carolina. “We’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.” ...

“I think we’re going to recommend that FEMA go away and we pay directly – we pay a percentage to the state.” After speaking with flood victims in Swannanoa, North Carolina, Trump later ...

Even before the Los Angeles fires, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was under assault on all fronts. Increasingly frequent weather disasters have strained its workforce and drained its ...

Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department that ...