As residents across the Milwaukee area assess the scope of damage from the weekend deluge, just 1,186 households have federal flood insurance policies in place. As emergency crews continue responding ...

If your house isn’t sitting next to a river or the ocean, flood insurance probably feels unnecessary. But the numbers say otherwise. According to FEMA, 99% of U.S. counties have experienced a flooding ...

CR explains why most homeowners should consider flood insurance, where to get it, how much it costs, and everything else you need to know to protect your home.

Because extreme flooding is rare in the area, few homeowners carry flood insurance policies. Some reports have estimated that only 7 percent of the area is covered for flood damage, but even those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A neighborhood is inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey near east Interstate 10 on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages people to learn about flood risks across the state and available flood insurance options.

Amid a government shutdown over a standoff between Democrats and Republicans about funding health insurance, the federal insurance that protects Floridians from flood damage has been frozen. The ...

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 ...

"FEMA just approved the letter of map revision taking out approximately 8,000 properties of the special flood hazard area, ...