BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - For those trying to buy a home located in a flood zone, they’ll need flood insurance to get a mortgage. A policy from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is usually the ...

More than 4.7 million homeowners depend on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for financial protection against flooding, covering roughly $1.3 trillion in property value. But when the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No, this isn’t déjà vu. The National Flood Insurance Program, which insures nearly 5 million properties nationwide, is once again ...

Sacramento remains one of the most flood-prone areas in the country, with significant development and construction taking place in historic floodplains despite ongoing efforts to shore up protections.

Did you know that because of the government shutdown, FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program is not available to new customers or people who want to increase their coverage? On March 15, Congress ...

The National Flood Insurance Program expired, leaving homeowners unable to renew or purchase new policies during the government shutdown. A proposed bill would reauthorize the program for five years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 13-day-old government shutdown is raising alarms in coastal and other flood-prone areas where homeowners depend on coverage ...

It's the middle of hurricane season, and meteorologists say we've been lucky so far. Of the nine named storms and three hurricanes that have formed this season, only one short-lived tropical storm has ...

The nation’s largest flood insurance program – managed by the federal government – has been expired for more than a week, possibly leaving thousands of homeowners in limbo. The National Flood ...

A potential lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program threatens to stall thousands of home sales, disrupt mortgage approvals, and strain housing markets in flood-prone regions nationwide As the ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) - FEMA is proposing new requirements for communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. The draft plan for Oregon shifts the NFIP’s focus to include ...