WASHINGTON, May 25-- The Library of Congress issued the following news: The Library of Congress has placed online nearly 25,000 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, which depict the structure and use of ...

A truck barrels through flooded Old Bridge Drive on Aug. 6, 2024, at The Farm in Bluffton, S.C. after Tropical Storm Debby came through the overnight hours. Drew Martin dmartin@islandpacket.com It’s a ...

In the mid-1800s, the fledgling U.S. insurance industry began commissioning mapmakers to produce specialized maps to assess fire risks in urban areas. Many of these historic fire insurance maps have ...

Over the past few years, many housing markets have experienced a home insurance shock. Part of this is due to insurance models reassessing disaster risks, while much of it stems from rising housing ...

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. The ...

EDWARDSVILLE – The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map, or FIRM, for Madison County and community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day ...

The cost of home insurance is rising all across the country as extreme weather events become more common and destructive, adding a heavy financial burden on the tired shoulders of American households.