Enter your address using FEMA’s search tool to check your flood risk. According to FEMA, any area with a 1% chance or higher of experiencing a flood is considered high risk. Keep in mind there ...

The Alameda County Local Hazard Map Alameda County’s hazard map shows potential flood zones in the event of a 100-year and 500-year storm. A 500-year storm has a 0.2% chance of occurring in a given ...

Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez According to Zillow, New Orleans tops the list of U.S. metro areas facing the highest flood ...

In those cases, check with private flood insurance companies ... You may qualify for mitigation discounts if you take steps to reduce your flood risk. For example, FEMA offers discounts to ...

Two counties in southwestern Pennsylvania are under a flood watch issued by the National Weather Service (NWS).

The first step in flood preparedness is knowing your area's vulnerability ... areas that are not traditionally flood-prone are at risk due to changes to the landscape caused by fire.

Ag News Wire By Gary Hachfeld, agricultural business management educator University of Minnesota Extension Farmers who are prevented from planting their crops due to spring flooding can manage ...

Yet, as highlighted in recent studies comparing flood risk models developed by the University ... with the certainty of a coin flip. Heads, your house goes under water. Tails, you stay dry.