Unlike flood waters from rainfall or overflowing canals ... The nearby Washington Houses were outside Sandy's main inundation zone, so it wasn't eligible for the same FEMA-funded resiliency ...

As New York heads into a hurricane season that experts predict will be particularly intense, the Adams administration on Wednesday quietly released a map you can use to check your home’s risk of ...

Your home may be at risk for flood damage even if you don’t live in a flood zone. As a result, skipping flood insurance could ...

Chris McConnell made his Brooklyn townhouse heavier by adding ... It’s still in what the city lists as a high-risk flood zone, at about 1,400 feet from lower New York Bay. But Reno says he ...

At a town hall meeting in Brooklyn Tuesday night Rep. Nydia Velázquez said her goal is protect one of the city’s most vulnerable flood zones. “We saw what happened after Sandy and we have to ...

José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times Stacey-Ann Meikle, who owns a home in Canarsie, Brooklyn, is not in an official high-risk flood zone, so she does not have flood insurance. As a single ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated ... after 2012’s Hurricane Sandy extensively flooded South Brooklyn, New York, an area not previously considered high risk.