Now, a federal regulation might cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars. The FEMA 50% rule is catching some homeowners who ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Forest Preserves of Cook County are partnering in a flood relief study that could bring a new reservoir.

The system would provide stormwater storage for Glenwood, Ford Heights, Lansing, Thornton, South Holland, Calumet City and ...

including the foundation type and height of the lowest floor relative to the base flood elevation. Replacement cost of the house. Sources of flooding, including the chance of river flood ...

There are a significant number of words, phrases and acronyms that appear when talking about race and ethnicity which often change depending on the context of the conversation. Language is ...

Hendersonville officials to look at floodplain ordinance and consider whether it needs to be strengthened in the wake of Helene.

Rescuers search for victims near the wreckages of vehicles in an area affected by a landslide following a flash flood that killed multiple people in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan.

Flynn Nicholls is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on U.S. politics and society. Originally from New Zealand, Flynn joined Newsweek in 2024 and had previously ...

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project has reached a major milestone with the casting of India’s heaviest Pre-Stressed Concrete (PSC) Box Girder. This 40-meter long, 970 metric ton structure ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation's fish barrier removal project on Interstate 90 in Bellevue marked a milestone earlier this month with the placement of the project's final six ...