Most mortgages require homeowners who live within the 100-year floodplain — or the area at risk of flooding during a major storm that has a 1% chance of happening in any given year — to have flood ...

North Dakota and federal flood insurance specialists will be at the Fargo Civic Center today to answer Cass County residents' questions about flood issues and to hold flood insurance training for ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30-- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is offering agent ...

Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program in 1968 as a way for the federal government to bear a risk that private companies wouldn’t. Since then, Uncle Sam has backed the vast majority of ...

About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal. When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas ...

An inch of water can cause up to $25,000 in damage to your home. But, while homeowners insurance covers a lot, it rarely covers flooding caused by rainstorms, hurricanes or other severe weather. There ...