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The latest National Climate Assessment shows the D.C. region is especially at risk of extreme weather, flooding, and sea level rise as the earth warms.

A new computerized climate modeling tool that combines multiple data streams to assess an area's risk of flooding shows almost the entire Texas coast is below the predicted flood level by 2050.

In our previous post, we identified the degree to which flood maps in the Federal Reserve’s Second District are inaccurate. In this post, we use our data on the accuracy of flood maps to examine how banks lend in “inaccurately mapped” areas, again focusing on the Second District in particular.

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government laid out hurricane reconstruction plans Tuesday for the resort of Acapulco that seem to give as much priority to building military barracks as re-opening hotels.

The last three remaining chalets on a coastal cliff top are to be demolished. One chalet at the site in Pakefield, near Lowestoft in Suffolk, was demolished in February 2022.

German and EU officials say the treaty between Australia and the Pacific island country should spur global cut to emissions

(The Center Square) – Efforts to better coordinate and improve Louisiana's resilience to storms and other natural disasters commenced on Monday with a new legislative task force.

A year after Hurricane Ian ripped through southwest Florida, wealthy risk-takers are transforming one beach town.

Lawmakers don’t know, because they aren’t requiring data be collected on it.

One year after Tropical Storm Nicole delivered the second haymaker in a one-two punch that left behind widespread damage along the Volusia-Flagler coastline, evidence of the storm’s devastating impact remains along a hard-hit stretch of South Atlantic Avenue in Wilbur-by-the-Sea.

CLIMATE -- 3 cities face a climate dilemma: to build or not to build homes in risky places

With climate change spawning intense hurricanes and billion-dollar disasters, some developers are making homes that can withstand the weather and be better for the environment.

National Trust is accused of 'senseless vandalism' after ordering demolition of tourist spot over fears it would fall into the sea due to erosion

Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman says a recent "clarification" to staff about his department's wetlands policy is based on the need for more housing in the province.

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said today that he and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have launched an investigation into how insurance companies are navigating mounting risks from climate change, including where companies will next pull coverage or raise premiums.

A year after Hurricane Ian ripped through southwest Florida, wealthy risk-takers are transforming one beach town.

The nation’s property insurance industry is coming under unprecedented scrutiny with the launch of three inquiries into how climate change is causing premiums to soar and pushing insurers to withdraw from at-risk regions.

Even insurance companies are cutting and running — should you, too?

Last week, the government published the National Coastal Change Management Strategy to deal with loss of land due to coastal erosion, flooding and sea level rise.

Orange Insurance Exchange, a reciprocal insurer, has announced its formation and launch in the Florida property insurance market.

Conservation grant funds were used buy the two homes to prevent another collapse and huge debris field along the national seashore. Could it be a model for other parts of the N.C. coast?

Hurricane Otis shredded Acapulco, Mexico, last week and tore apart the lives of hundreds of thousands of people

Olympus Insurance Company, a Florida homeowners specialist underwriter, has adopted new rules for property underwritten on the coast of the state, as it looks to align its inwards business more closely with the reinsurance models used.

Last winter’s big storms caused enough wind and water damage that they won’t soon be forgotten, and neighbors are still talking to various city officials about possible ways to prevent or at least reduce potential hazards for this year’s storm season.

Until recently, Harvard professor Susan Crawford was concerned about the effect of telecom monopolies on our internet lives (see her books) but recently she has pivoted to climate change.