San Francisco officials expect to put a plan aimed at improving flood resilience along the shoreline before Congress next ...

Hours after downstream residents were told to be ready to leave, as the water levels of Chichester Dam rose and Hunter Water enacted its emergency response plan and began pumping water out of the ...

The Hastings River at Settlement Point is currently at 0.35 metres and rising with the tide, below the minor flood level (1.20 m). The Hastings River at Settlement Point may peak near the minor ...

But he said flood protection in the area is also a national issue. For example, it affects the main transportation arterial for road and rail to Canada’s biggest port in Metro Vancouver.

(prior to the existence of the floodplain maps), might be eligible for FEMA buy-back programs that would allow the city to purchase properties and return them to their natural states, particularly ...

The remapping effort focuses on updating the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) to reflect the 1 percent risk (100-year) flood risks around Swan Lake. This update replaces outdated maps that ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds from NE to ENE. The overnight low will be 26 °F (-3.3 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 39 °F (3.9 °C). Winds variable. Cloudy today with a high of 42 °F (5.6 °C) and a ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.

Small-business owners in a Coquitlam strip mall that was devastated by an apparent explosion and fire anxiously waited to find out Monday when they could go in and survey the aftermath.

ASHEVILLE - If a series of floodplain ordinance amendments are not adopted by the city of Asheville, the city's status in the National Floodplain Insurance Program — which provides insurance to ...