Property owners are encouraged to check the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Judy Higbee thought if she bought flood insurance before the flood maps change, she could lock in her ...

It’s a call that Shari Mendrick, the town of Hilton Head’s floodplain manager, gets almost every day: A Hilton Head resident wants to know if they should drop their flood insurance. The town adopted ...

When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. buying a house in flood zone It’s the middle of hurricane season, and meteorologists say we’ve been lucky so far. Of the nine ...

New flood insurance requirements won't take effect until the maps are finalized in two to three years, county officials said. Here's what to know ahead of hurricane season June 1.

INTO FRIDAY. MORE ON THE TIMING A LITTLE BIT LATER. ALL RIGHT DEREK, THANK YOU. JEFFERSON PARISH HOMEOWNERS FEELING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK, SAYING THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING A LOWER ...

It’s been more than two months since the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Harris County Flood Control District released the long-awaited draft maps highlighting updated flood risks across ...