Arian Campo-Flores is an economics reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in Miami. He mainly covers Florida and the Southeast but also does stories in other parts of the U.S. He regularly writes ...

Rice planting is well underway along the Gulf Coast and the Mid-South, and just getting started in California. “Rice planting ...

Authorities in Puerto Rico says that a man who tried to drive his car through floodwaters was swept away and killed as heavy ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Marilyn Mendez Arnett lives in an area of Tampa currently considered a ‘non-flood zone’ by FEMA, but that could change as the federal agency reports flood maps are under ...

For decades, Florida home buyers have relied on the honor system — or lawsuits — to ensure the house they bought didn’t have a secret history of floods. That could change this year, if Gov.

Those policies, and how much you pay for them, are based on FEMA’s well-known flood maps. Periodically updated — revised ones for Miami-Dade are due this summer — the maps divide counties ...

Buying a previously flooded home likely will cost owners an average $56,452 in flood damage over the life of a 30-year mortgage. Homes that have flooded in the past are likely to flood again ...

Jenniffer González-Colón. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday urged people to moderate their energy consumption as she warned that the island has no additional power ...

The previous system relied on measurements of elevation within flood zones to determine rates, according to FEMA. The new rating uses a property’s structure, home value and location to determine ...

beckley – People who live in flood-hazard areas and had damage to their homes during the Feb. 15 – 18, 2025, winter flooding in Logan, Mercer, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne, and Wyoming ...

Risk Rating 2.0 The previous system relied on measurements of elevation within flood zones to determine rates, according to FEMA. The new rating uses a property’s structure, home value and location to ...