Incomplete federal maps overlook millions of at-risk homes across the country, leaving banks, builders and homeowners in the dark.

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which insures nearly 5 million properties across the U.S., has officially lapsed following the government shutdown. As of midnight on Sept. 30, FEMA can no ...

It's the middle of hurricane season, and meteorologists say we've been lucky so far. Of the nine named storms and three hurricanes that have formed this season, only one short-lived tropical storm has ...

Homeowners across the U.S. face a growing double threat: intensifying severe weather and rising uncertainty about the government’s ability to help recover from it. Flash floods continue to increase in ...

The vast majority of Americans get their flood insurance through the NFIP. Without the program, average premiums could rise ...

Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home sales in ...

Jennifer Johnson and her mother, Steffi Cooper, leave their flood damaged home in the Weatherhill Pointe neighborhood of Carrboro after a visit on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Robert Willett ...

Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at the agency that runs it, the Federal Emergency Management ...

Along with a government shutdown looming, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is also set to expire tomorrow (Sept. 30) unless Congress extends it. Run by FEMA, the program covers more than ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is charged with helping people and organizations prepare for and recover from the unexpected. But in the current political environment, it is FEMA itself that ...