WINCHESTER - In one of the easier votes the Planning Board will see, Town Meeting unanimously passed Article 4, allowing the town to update FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) flood ...

Western North Carolina is still recovering from Hurricane Helene's havoc, but the town of Lake Lure aims to have debris ...

Spring is the No. 1 severe weather season here in North Carolina. We average 13 tornadoes during meteorological spring in our state with several more reports of damaging winds and large hail. On ...

At 4:49 p.m. on Wednesday, the NWS Blacksburg VA issued a flood advisory in effect until 8 p.m. The advisory is for Ashe, ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

For hundreds of communities nationwide, plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended ...

Flood insurance is an important safety net, but only three percent of Virginia homeowners have it, according to the state’s ...

For the past two decades, the Pigeon River has been Clyde's biggest enemy. Four major floods during that timeframe have destroyed homes and livelihoods, leaving longtime residents — many of whom have ...

Trump's call to abolish FEMA as Mississippi sees more frequent, extreme flooding, prompts group to name river the nation's most endangered waterway.

Funding for wastewater projects in Fessenden and Lincoln will likely be loaned-out by the Bank of North Dakota under the state's Department of Environmental Quality budget. Sen. Jeffrey Magrum ...

The state already has set limits on the ability of local governments to put new restrictions on building in floodplains.

On April 11, FEMA’s acting administrator sent a letter to Gov. Josh Stein, telling him the extension was “not warranted.” At the time, Stein was visiting people in Newland, North Carolina ...