The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has unveiled preliminary flood maps for Butte County and the City of Chico, ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said private flood insurance solutions are needed as the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) faces potential changes under the ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — During the government shutdown, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been paused. The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is alerting consumers to the pause.

Homeowners' insurance and flood insurance are typically sold as separate policies. Most flood insurance policies have a 30-day waiting period before they become active. It is difficult to get new ...

ORLANDO, Fla — Recovery from the storms like we saw in central Florida over the weekend is never easy. When the rain came down Sunday evening, streets flooded, and homes filled with water. It’s a ...

The National Flood Insurance Program expired, leaving homeowners unable to renew or purchase new policies during the government shutdown. A proposed bill would reauthorize the program for five years ...

MIAMI — Among those feeling the pain of the government shutdown are people in coastal areas and other locations where they need flood insurance. The government-backed National Flood Insurance Program ...

The 13-day-old government shutdown is raising alarms in coastal and other flood-prone areas where homeowners depend on coverage from the national insurer that covers gaps in the private insurance ...

The government shutdown has halted the National Flood Insurance Program, blocking new policies and renewals for 4.7 million policyholders including 180,000 Californians. Up to 1,400 home sales per day ...

When the government shut down, so did the federal flood insurance program, forcing some buyers into the costly private market. By Rukmini Callimachi One of Rukmini Callimachi’s early assignments was ...

Delorse Harrington, 67, has dealt with flooding just two times in the 34 years she has lived in her Menomonee River Hills home. The first was over a decade ago, when a few inches of water coated her ...

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 ...