Diamond Garcia (R-Kapolei, Ewa, Varona Village). The new flood risk map shows more properties in elevated flood risk zones, even in mauka areas. Rep. Garcia’s generally dry district in Kapolei ...

Officials in New Jersey are working to address sinkholes affecting major highways in Morris County, particularly on Route 80 ...

The new map will remove some 300 individual houses across eight Quincy neighborhoods from the flood zone, Department of Public Works Commissioner Al Grazioso and consultant Joe Shea said during ...

Louisiana is the most likely place to find flood insurance, with 21% of its housing covered, followed by Florida, with 18%, Hawaii, with 11%, South Carolina, with 8%, and Delaware, with 6%.

California homeowners don’t seem to think much about flood risks with few insured against watery storm damage. My trusty spreadsheet examined flood insurance coverage stats compiled by ...

Both eastbound and westbound lanes of New Jersey's Route 80 near Exit 34 will be closed until further notice as crews work to ...

Deciding where to live has always been a high-stakes financial decision, but a changing climate makes it even more critical.

East Brunswick, NJ, successfully reduced its affordable housing requirements. Learn about the townships new calculations and ...

Sacramento, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties are represented in the new maps. The next phase ... "They are like flood zone maps, where lands are described in terms of the probability ...

The new maps add 1.4 million acres of land statewide ... whereas before Cal Fire only mapped for “very high” hazard. Like flood zone maps, the assessments don’t account for mitigation ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window ... Fire officials emphasize that the maps are intended to show hazard, not risk — like flood-zone maps that show the probability an area will ...