BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – An empty parcel in the Town of Union is about to get much higher in an effort to escape the ...

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- FEMA's floodplain maps, which are the government's best estimates of who will flood in a massive storm, are said to be flawed. A new study suggests FEMA failed to consider ...

Talk to any scientist long enough, and eventually they’ll bring up an old aphorism: all models are wrong, but some are useful. Even with better data, and more sophisticated tools to collect it, ...

In the valley that the Mississippi River carves through the heart of America, one vital habitat is facing a multitude of threats. The river's floodplain forests grow in rich, complex soils; provide ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. FEMA is no longer enforcing certain rules around rebuilding in floodplains as ...

How can a region scarred by fire welcome back wildlife and biodiversity? The Finn Rock Reach restoration project is an effort to rehabilitate an area of the McKenzie River that was scorched by the ...

(TNS) - Like many floodplain communities, Packwood faces extra hurdles to its development. New structures must be elevated, building permits are more cumbersome and septic systems must be far more ...

New, updated floodplain maps in Florida’s St. Johns County will give residents a much better reading of their flood risk and give emergency management better insight into which areas may present flood ...

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DE SOTO - At the junction of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, there's a place called Reno Bottoms, where the Mississippi River spreads out from its main channel into thousands of acres of tranquil ...

It would be less expensive for the government to buy and preserve undeveloped land that lies in Houston’s floodplains than it would be to let development occur and face a potentially devastating bill ...