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Category: Flood Insights

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Flood Insights

Does flood control actually make flooding worse?

The structures we build to protect ourselves from flooding may in fact be making it worse.

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Flood Insights / Landslide Insights

Mandatory evacuations in place in Santa Barbara due to fear of mudflows

Residents in the mandatory evacuation zones must be out by noon today.

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Flood Insights

Sinking Bay Area could double area at risk of flooding by 2100

Half of San Francisco International Airport will be flooded by 2100.

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Flood Insights

Midwest braces for record flooding as residents evacuate homes

Some areas have already seen the worst flooding in 45 years, with only more rain to come.

Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria
Flood Insights

Flooding in Puerto Rico exacerbated Hurricane Maria damage

Only 1% of Puerto Rican households carried FEMA flood insurance prior to Hurricane Maria

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Flood Insights

How Hurricane Irma could be so destructive to Florida

If the city of Miami takes a direct hit from Hurricane Irma, losses could reach $200 billion

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Flood Insights

Hurricane Harvey flooding extent revealed

Here’s our first comparison of the flood footprint with the FEMA flood maps

Epic Flooding Inundates Houston After Hurricane Harvey
Flood Insights

The Remains of The Day: Reflections on Hurricane Harvey and City Planning

A look at Hurricane Harvey from a Houstonian’s perspective

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Flood Insights

Lack of flood insurance in Houston will lead to large losses following Hurricane Harvey

Only 15% of people in Harris County, which is home to the city of Houston, carry flood insurance.

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Flood Insights

Hurricane Harvey a test of resiliency for the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Harvey is the first Category 3 hurricane to hit the country in almost 12 years

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Flood Insights

Flash flooding hits northern Los Angeles County

The small town of Acton, California was significantly impacted by flash flooding yesterday.

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Flood Insights

Tropical Storm Cindy threatens to flood Shreveport and Mobile

Tropical Storm Cindy, the second tropical storm of the season, is expected to make landfall either tonight or tomorrow morning.

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Flood Insights

Breached levees: flooding extends beyond mandatory flood insurance zone

Heavy rainfall in the Midwest reached such levels that levees were overtopped and breached, leading to even more flooding.

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Flood Insights

Current Midwest flooding highlights strengths and weaknesses of FEMA mapping program

Recent flooding in the Midwest illustrates how areas at risk of flooding are not covered in the FEMA flood mapping program.

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Flood Insights

Does flood insurance need a life raft?

Currently the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program is $24 billion in debt.

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Flood Insights

La falla detrás de la catastrófica inundación Colombiana

By Ross Stein and David Jacobson, Temblor Check your flood risk Click here for english version   Al final de la semana pasada, lluvias torrenciales en Colombia terminaron en deslizamientos …

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Flood Insights

The fault behind the catastrophic Colombian flood

The flooding in Colombia over the weekend was likely influenced by active faulting in the Colombian Andes.

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Flood Insights

Peru hit by worst floods in two decades

The significant flooding is due to El Nino conditions off the coast of Peru.

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Flood Insights

Should California abandon the National Flood Insurance Program?

California is considering leaving the National Flood Insurance Program in favor of a state-run program.

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Earthquake Insights / Flood Insights

California floods continue to wreak havoc

Flooding in San Jose has forced the evacuations of thousands of residents, with no timetable on when they will be allowed home.

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Earthquake Insights / Flood Insights

California deluge matches flood maps in Temblor

Most of the areas which have flooded have a 10% chance of flooding every decade.

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Flood Insights

Hurricane Matthew causes record flooding, matching FEMA flood maps

Even though Hurricane Matthew has long departed the eastern seaboard, various parts of the East Coast are still suffering from record flood conditions not seen since Hurricane Floyd in 1999.

Map of predicted storm surge for Jacksonville, Florida.
Flood Insights

Where will Hurricane Matthew cause the worst flooding?

By Gabriel Lotto, Temblor Check your hazard rank in Temblor Hurricane Matthew is bearing down on Florida, prompting governments to declare states of emergency and forcing millions of residents to …

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Earthquake Insights / Earthquake Map / Flood Insights

What do the destructive Ecuador, Japan, Burma, and Italy quakes—and the Louisiana flood—all have in common?

Answer: They are the ‘one percent.’

Flood map: FEMA flood zone vs. Louisiana flooding.
Earthquake Insights / Flood Insights

Flood zone maps: Louisiana deluge had less than 1% chance of occurring per year

By Gabriel Lotto, Temblor The Louisiana floods, which have killed 13 people and damaged 40,000 homes, were the result of severe rainfall that drenched the Baton Rouge area. As much …

Flood risk in the New York City metropolitan area.
Earthquake Insights / Flood Insights

US Flood Maps: Do you live in a flood zone?

By Gabriel Lotto, Temblor Rivers are beginning to recede after several days of devastating flooding in Louisiana. On Tuesday, we showed how FEMA’s flood maps did a pretty good job …

“There used to be a ballpark.”
Earthquake Insights / Flood Insights

Louisiana floods are “historic” but not surprising

By Gabriel Lotto, Temblor This weekend, record-breaking rainfall in Louisiana and Mississippi caused extreme flooding in the region. As of this posting, eight people have died and over 30,000 have …

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