but you may be able to buy a policy in the private market. Flood insurance can cover problems such as: Storm surges. Inland flooding, such as rivers and streams overflowing during a storm.

“The good thing about the National Flood Insurance Program is it’s a federal program and we have some guardrails around us. One is we can’t increase you more than 18% in any given year.

Late last year, FEMA, which administers the National Flood Insurance Program, announced that policyholders will soon have the ...

After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton pounded Florida’s Gulf Coast last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

The measure, Senate Bill 11, would set up an Alaska Flood Authority and an Alaska flood insurance fund to supplant the Federal Emergency Management Agency’ s National Flood Insurance Program. The FEMA ...

As what's expected to be the most powerful winter storm of the season begins to bear down on Southern California, many residents living in and around the recent burn areas are probably asking ...

"The thing about the NFIP is it gives us access to federally backed flood insurance and we can get discount premiums," Woody said. Most of the proposed changes have been described as "technical ...