Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A homeowner in Pinellas County, on Florida's Gulf Coast, is lifting her house 24 feet into the air in a dramatic effort to avoid ...

Flood risk has always been a key due diligence issue in Florida real estate. However, recent statutory changes have made flood disclosure an increasingly important transaction and project ...

Florida homeowners might soon find the state’s largest insurer against flood — the federal government — is getting out of the business, or significantly shrinking its role, according to a ...

In recent years, Florida has been one of the fastest growing states in the country. Between April 2020 and July 2025, Florida's population expanded by over 1.9 million people – the most of any ...

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On days with heavy rain in Key Biscayne, golf carts can stall out in the middle of the street, electric cars get stranded in rising water and residents wade through inches — sometimes feet — of ...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Following the 2024 Florida Hurricanes, thousands of residents spread across Central and Western Florida had similar stories to tell. “The water line was up to here. I mean, ...

As the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway, insurance experts are urging Florida homeowners and renters not to wait until a storm is approaching to purchase flood insurance, warning that ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lorraine English, a 72-year-old Floridian who ...

New research suggests that the loss of wetlands since 1985 has cost more than $10 billion in residential flood insurance ...