Dangerous heat, severe storms, flash flooding, and rip currents are all in play across New Jersey today Tuesday, July 8 — and ...

OLYPHANT — Standing in front of a pit on Lackawanna Avenue where he hopes to invest nearly $2 million into storefronts and ...

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new flood maps — which newly place thousands of South Florida homes i… ...

Reach her at @OglesbyAPP, [email protected] or 732-557-5701. This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: NJ rules could force new homes five feet higher in flood zones ...

Expanding New Jersey's flood hazard area by 1.5%. Currently, about 16% of the state is within a flood hazard zone. Moving into compliance with FEMA flood-prevention regulations.

In New Jersey, a Standard Flood Insurance Policy compensates homeowners, renters, and business owners for all covered losses, and unlike a federal disaster loan, it does not have to be repaid.

In early September, when New Jersey state Sen. Bob Smith introduced a bill to require that residents disclose the flood risk of real estate they’re selling, he was confident it would win approval.

And in New Jersey, developers are opposing the state’s plan to require them to account for climate change by elevating newly built homes well above current flood levels (Climatewire, Jan. 17).

State changes, scaled back from 'emergency' status and set for Dec. 5 official release, would raise first-floor elevations and expand flood zone boundaries unchanged since 1999.

Between 2000 and 2021, New Jersey recorded 10 "major" flood events, according to the state department. Across the state, the probability of a 100-year flood event ― a flood level expected to ...

Tony Kono elevated his Brick home an additional four feet after Superstorm Sandy, despite it being elevated seven feet prior to Sandy, following guidance of older flood maps.