If your house isn’t sitting next to a river or the ocean, flood insurance probably feels unnecessary. But the numbers say otherwise. According to FEMA, 99% of U.S. counties have experienced a flooding ...

For half a century, a federal program has covered most at-risk properties. Now, a private company is pitching a plan to ...

Did you know that because of the government shutdown, FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program is not available to new customers or people who want to increase their coverage? On March 15, Congress ...

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 ...

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In the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes ravaging America’s South, final counts of damage and death rolls are still being reconciled. As USA TODAY reported, the hurricanes and storm surge and ...

The nation’s largest flood insurance program – managed by the federal government – has been expired for more than a week, possibly leaving thousands of homeowners in limbo. The National Flood ...

Disaster coverage used to be a quiet line in your homeowners policy. Now it is splintering into separate products, each with ...

As the federal government’s shutdown entered the history books as the longest, private flood insurance is having a moment, filling a void as new policies are no longer being issued by the feds.

Flooding isn’t just a risk for those living near hurricane-prone coastlines or riverbanks—floodwaters can rise almost anywhere, including areas where homeowners least expect it. Even a single ...

With five months to go, 2025 is already the year of the flash flood in the United States. To date, the National Weather Service has issued more than 3,600 flash flood warnings across the United States ...