UPDATE: Flood advisory issued for North Carolina until Wednesday afternoon, says the NWS
On Wednesday at 4:09 a.m. the NWS Blacksburg VA issued a flood advisory. The advisory is for Alleghany, Surry and Wilkes ...
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Challenging the narrative around flood insurance
Sutton emphasized the critical role insurance agents play in educating clients about flood risk. She pointed to a study by ...
Asheville grapples with early post-Helene floodplain policy talk; 9% of city in flood zone
Discussion of what the future of zoning and development policy looks like began during the first city commission meeting ...
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Unemployment rate more than triples in heart of North Carolina's Hurricane Helene disaster zone
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The economic fallout from Hurricane Helene is beginning to become apparent in unemployment data from North Carolina ... system's catastrophic flooding caused widespread ...
Research shows that lower-quality public housing in the US is located in areas with high flood risk
Hurricane Helene highlighted the increasing intensity of extreme weather events and the catastrophic flooding they can bring.
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Public comment sought for preliminary flood maps for Boone, Watauga
The North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program, responsible for updating the Flood Insurance Rate Maps, is seeking public comments on the new preliminary flood maps.
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Leland officials concerned with how controversial state bill could impact flood ordinance changes
LELAND, N.C. (WECT) - A provision on the second-to-last page of a controversial bill in front of the North ... flood ...
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Critics say outdated flood maps provide an inaccurate picture of future threats
FEMA says a quarter of all insurance claims for flood damage occur outside the 100-year floodplain — even though homeowners ...
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Subpar Public Housing Faces High Flood Damage Risk
Hurricane Helene highlighted the increasing intensity of extreme weather events and the catastrophic flooding they can ...
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New FEMA flood maps could put thousands of PBC properties at higher risk for flooding
(CBS12) — In about two weeks, more than 16,000 properties in Palm Beach County will be affected by changes FEMA made to flood maps ... for people living just north to Indiantown Road in Jupiter ...
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Lower-quality public housing is at high risk of flood damage
A new study finds that many Americans residing in lower-quality public housing face a high risk of experiencing flood-related damages as their homes are disproportionately located in areas of high ...
Hurricane Helene destroyed a Tennessee hospital. Officials knew it was at risk.
Earlier that day, Hurricane Helene roared into the Southern Appalachian Mountains after moving north through Florida and ...