Items Tagged with 'National Flood Insurance Program'

Sources say flood water had nowhere to go during heavy precipitation and discuss role and need for FEMA

March 18 order follows layoffs of more than 200 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees and a Jan. 24 order for a task force review of agency disaster response efficiency. 

The federal program could be a model for similar risk-reduction efforts, say researchers. 

When FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expires next month, the pressure will be on Congress to reauthorize the program, ideally by adopting long-delayed reforms.