coastal flooding

High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns.

National Hurricane Center data for Miami, Washington, D.C., and New York City show development happening in at-risk areas, even as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.

Governor Ron DeSantis announced this week nearly $20 million in grant funding for Florida communities to better assess the risks to critical infrastructure posed by flooding from sea level rise, storm surge, and rainfall events.

A University of Miami Rosenstiel study for the first time measured the ability of staghorn coral to reduce wave power.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.

The persistent coastal flooding and rough surf over the weekend is likely to last into Tuesday before conditions finally improve later this week....

More than 130 groups across the country, including eight in Florida, are calling on Congress to create a federal flood risk disclosure requirement.

The federal government is planning a massive system of floodwalls, pumps and surge barriers for Miami. But it doesn't address the more frequently felt threat from rising sea levels.

Much of South Florida came under a flood watch Sunday as heavy rain forecast for the Memorial Day weekend hammered the peninsula.Broward, Miami-Dade,…

South Florida is getting new flood risk maps that are redrawing the lines for what property is in high-risk areas.The maps, set by the Federal Emergency…

In his new book, "The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coast," Pulitzer-prize winning author Gilbert Gaul takes a…

Ask any consumer — good credit goes a long way.It works the same for local governments. Increasingly investors in the bonds of local governments want to…