Boston and the MBTA will receive nearly $13 million from the from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to protect neighborhoods and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change.

About 40% of flood insurance claims are from people who live in areas that FEMA says have low or medium flood risk. One key issue with FEMA maps is that they're based on where flooding has occurred in ...

It found that FEMA's flood maps mainly focus on coastal areas and may not fully capture flood risks in inland areas. This leaves many homes underinsured, especially in inland flood-prone areas.

The Service called on FEMA to update chronically outdated flood maps, develop new criteria to limit floodplain development, better mitigate harm when development does occur, and improve reporting and ...