the average payout on a flood claim from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is $52,000, according to FEMA. A flood insurance policy covers your house and your belongings for flood-related ...

Nearly a quarter of the $2.18 billion allocated to New York State through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation program is estimated to have been granted to fund projects on Long Island that are intended to ...

President Trump, who calls FEMA “not good,” has issued an executive order and established a commission to look at ending the ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said all Americans “will be treated the same” by the retooled disaster agency.

Cocke County officials are working to determine whether the county will stay in the National Flood Insurance Program or ...

Many people may not be aware that most standard homeowners, condo unit owners and renters insurance policies do not cover flood damage. Flood insurance coverages can be purchased separately from the ...

FEMA offers free rebuilding advice in Hillsborough County post-hurricanes to reinforce homes against future storms.

The FEMA-operated program has over 4.7 million policies in force, and lawmakers have kept it intact via dozens of short-term ...

Delaware and New Jersey hold flood insurance policies through the National Flood Insurance Program, with a total coverage amount of over $71 billion, according to FEMA data. In Philadelphia, there are ...

State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump's first few weeks in ...

More than three years after Hurricane Ida devastated south Louisiana, the Federal Emergency Management Agency this month ...

Flood insurance is a tenet of life in water-burdened Louisiana. But skyrocketing costs of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) coverage are spurring significant departure from the program.