Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Too many homeowners think they don’t need flood insurance. Only about 27% of homeowners have it, according to the National ...

City Council members held a workshop Jan. 22, to talk about floodplains, mapping and development. Some properties in or near the city’s floodplain were damaged in the storm, City Manager John Connet ...

Residents of nearby villages, including Makekeng, have been left unable to access healthcare services at the Mokamole clinic, at Lesodi, as flood waters have affected the roads leading to the ...

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ASHEVILLE - If a series of floodplain ordinance amendments are not adopted by the city of Asheville, the city's status in the National Floodplain Insurance Program — which provides insurance to ...

“I must have planted a thousand magnolias and azaleas,” Field observed, while Anne described living with views across the Exe estuary to the sea as “like having your own little slice of heaven ...

Floodplain mapping plays a crucial role in understanding and managing flood risks. It is based on modelling that predicts flood flows and their potential impact on our community. This mapping ...

Floodplain mapping plays a crucial role in understanding and managing flood risks. It is based on modeling that predicts flood flows and their potential impact on our community. This mapping helps ...

In 2021, the Government of Canada launched the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program with an initial investment of $68.3 million. Under the first phase of the FHIMP, NRCan focused on ...