A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change, published by Oxford University Press, uncovers evidence suggesting that, contrary to expectations, most U.S. cities are not doing too badly in avoiding ...

Over the past century, the United States has built millions of homes along coastlines and rivers, developing on land that is all but destined to flood. At the same time that the warming of the planet ...

Ryan Reagan of Benbrook doesn't necessarily consider himself an environmental crusader. He understands progress and understands why his city, a growing suburb on the western edge of Fort Worth, would ...

Since Hurricane Harvey, over 65,000 new properties have been built in official flood zones across the region. Here are five areas that have seen the most floodplain construction.

The Portland City Council is weighing a proposal to tighten requirements for development in floodplains. Environmental groups say the plan is full of loopholes, exceptions and delays, and that it ...