Bordering Long Island and Queens, the Rockaways is a part of New York City that is all too familiar with flooding. In 2012, coastal flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy decimated the area, leaving ...

(AP) - Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home ...

The National Flood Insurance Program, a public insurance program sponsored by the federal government insures 4.7 million policyholders and protects more than $1.28 trillion in assets. Congress has ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program in 1968 as a way for the ...

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 16-- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Conservation groups sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency today over its ...

Feb. 17 (UPI) --The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its National Flood Insurance Program was forced to borrow $2 billion to help pay claims following Hurricanes Milton and Helene to help ...

As part of the latest deal to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed a yearlong extension of the 2018 farm bill, which expired earlier this year. And while bipartisanship in Washington can be ...