Data: Ohenhen, et al., 2025, "Land subsidence risk to infrastructure in US metropolises"; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals San Francisco is sinking, and new research shows it's more widespread — and ...

Open modelling is about more than individual loss events, it's about global capacity building and risk understanding, writes ...

As climate change intensifies extreme weather, two new NYU studies show 3D flood visualizations developed by a ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

The county is responsible for developing the flood-risk data and modeling, though ultimately, "the floodplain maps sit with FEMA," flood control district spokeswoman Emily Woodell said.

With flash flood warnings spiking and concerns over severe weather increasing across Central Virginia, the City of Richmond is taking action to finalize updated FEMA flood maps that will go into ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made, ...