Building Climate Resilience with Nature in South Florida
New partnerships and pilot projects in Miami-Dade County, Florida, aim to use natural infrastructure to make communities safer and more resilient. MIAMI, FL, March 29, 2016 – In an effort…
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States at Risk: Which US States are Least Prepared for Potential Flooding
According to a new report, Florida, Texas and Mississippi are among the US states poorest prepared for coastal flooding risk posed by a changing climate. Florida, Illinois, Tennessee and Ohio…
King Tide Floods in South Carolina and Florida
A king tide combined with persistent onshore winds led to coastal flooding across parts of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana on 27 and 28 October 2015, causing some localized…
Record Rain and High Tides – Floods in Florida and Alabama
Flooding has been reported in two southern US states over the last 2 days after record rain in Mobile, Alabama, along with “supermoon” high tides in Southern Florida. Mobile, Alabama…
Remnants of Storm Erika Dumps 162 mm Rain on Charleston, South Carolina
Remnants of Tropical Storm Erika bought heavy rainfall and flooding to parts of Florida and South Carolina yesterday, 31 August 2015. As much a 6.4 inches (162.5 mm) of rain…
Dominica Floods – 3 Dead, 25 Missing after Storm Erika Brings 320mm of Rain
Tropical Storm Erika struck Dominica in the eastern Caribbean yesterday, 27 August 2015, bringing with it torrential rain which has caused flooding and landslides, leaving at least 3 dead and…
Florida Floods – Governor Declares State of Emergency for 5 Counties
Florida Governor, Rick Scott, has declared a state of emergency for the five counties badly affected by flooding and heavy rainfall since 24 July. Forecasters say there could be more…
USDA Provides $84 Million for Flood and Disaster Recovery in 13 States
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest an additional $84 million through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) to help…
Rising Sea Levels Threaten NASA’s Cape Canaveral Site
In November, FloodList reported on NASA’s $32 Billion Facilities and the Fight Against Rising Sea Levels. Today, Tim Radford from Climate News Network reports that rising sea levels and repeated…
Airports and Flood Threats
JFK, La Guardia, Newark, Gatwick, Fiumicino Rome, Indira Gandhi International, Don Muang Bangkok – all of these large international airports have suffered from flooding in the last 3 years. Yesterday…
Florida – 5 Hours of Rain as Palm Beach County Floods Again
Record levels of rain have once again inundated areas of south east Florida. Parts of Palm Beach county were badly affected, in particular the city of West Palm Beach where…
US East Coast to See Increase in High-Tide Floods
WASHINGTON (October 8, 2014) — Flooding during high tides—something that rarely occurred in the past—is now common in some places and is projected to grow to the point that sections…
Operation Photo Rescue in Pensacola
Operation Photo Rescue, the charity offering free photo restoration to flood victims, is to offer its services to the victims of the floods in north west Florida of late April…
Florida Requests Federal Help After Floods
Florida Governor, Rick Scott, has requested the federal government assistance for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The governor requested a Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance for the two areas…
Flood Elevation Certificates
In a previous article on this site the role of Flood Maps as they relate to the US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was briefly examined. This article is intended…
Floods in Palm Beach County, Florida
As much as 5 inches (12.7cm) of rain on Wednesday 5 March fell in parts of Palm Beach County, Florida. Wide areas of the north eastern parts of the county…
