Ithaca’s Common Council will vote to adopt new FEMA flood maps and update floodplain management regulations at 6 p.m.

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

The City of Ithaca is preparing to adopt new federal flood maps that could reshape insurance requirements and building ...

Only about 2% of residences in the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene-related power outages were protected by flood insurance, according to an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data ...

The federal government’s flood maps, which are used ... Buncombe and Henderson counties in North Carolina, did not have ...

The state’s Insurance commissioner announced ... The bureau said a major factor in its sharp rate increase request is that North Carolina has experienced increased wind and hail losses stemming ...

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas.