Greater Houston developers building in high-risk floodplains are aided by a patchwork of regulations, old government data, ...

City officials Tuesday approved an updated on-call services agreement with an Indianapolis-based engineering firm which helps ...

Four key takeaways from the Houston Chronicle’s investigation of how risky practices benefit developers building in ...

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 ...

The Big Notch Project is one of the key actions highlighted in Governor Newsom’s California Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, ...

Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposal to require new buildings in city floodplains to be built higher has been tweaked to lessen its impact on existing homeowners, but that did not prevent skeptical ...

City officials took the first step in replacing Chapter 29 of the city code with flood-safety rules that would require ...

The floodplain initiative was one of the requirements of the federal Housing Accelerator Fund, a program that Summerside was ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Just four months ago, rivers reached dangerous levels across the Midwest and here in Omaha as people suffered damage to both their homes and land. Even though the river levels ...