Flood 'Hotspots' Are Clustering Throughout US and Outrunning the Insurance Map
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Zohran Mamdani’s Housing Plan Will Face New York City’s Flood Risk Reality
New York’s push for 200,000 new affordable homes under Zohran Mamdani’s plan collides with data showing rapidly expanding flood risk now engulfing both coastal and inland neighborhoods.
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"Hyperclustering" Is Killing US Flood Insurance Program
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Growing Slums Are Making Floods Deadlier
Word Bank researchers say that wealthy cities are becoming more resilient to flooding while poor urban slums are drowning.
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If Wall Street Is So Smart, Why Is It Moving to Florida?
Wall Street South's risk problem.
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Data Dump: Lawmakers Question Flood Insurance Head on Modeling, Mapping and Data Sharing
The current leader of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was grilled at a congressional hearing Thursday regarding the U.S. government’s handling of modeling and mapping data that
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U.S. Billion Dollar Inland Flood Events Doubled in 2016
Inland flooding created more billion dollar losses in 2016 than at any other period over the last 15 years, according to data released Monday by the NOAA’s National Centers
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Congressman May Want Global Capital for Flood, But Global Standards Not So Much
Days after setting a privatization agenda for U.S. flood insurance program that piqued the interest of global insurers, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) passed legislation that looks
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Clark Expands Into Storm Surge Modelling With a Focus On Florida
Boston-based Karen Clark & Company has launched a U.S. storm surge model and is targeting the Florida market as the state continues its push into catastrophe risk privatisation.
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