The New Yorker

Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?

On October 29, 2025, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released an update to its Climate Resilience Roadmap. In the previous eighteen months, six floods, six heat waves, and the driest month ...
The New York Times

For Homes by the Water, Closing Just Got More Complicated

When the government shut down, so did the federal flood insurance program, forcing some buyers into the costly private market. By Rukmini Callimachi One of Rukmini Callimachi’s early assignments was ...
CNN

911 calls capture minute-by-minute desperation of deadly Texas floods as callers beg for rescue

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains audio clips and descriptions of 911 calls that may be distressing. Listener discretion is advised. Heartbreaking pleas for help poured into the Kerrville, Texas, ...
Miami Herald

Flood insurance costs are rising. Florida keeps paying, other states drop it

A for sale sign posted in a flooded area of Holiday Acres Mobile Home Park in Hialeah after an intense rainstorm in June 2024. Experts say it’s a matter of when flooding risk affects Florida home ...
World Bank

Strengthening Flood Resilience in Rapidly Growing Cities

Strengthening flood resilience in rapidly growing cities through financing, analytics, and integrated green‑gray solutions to protect lives, jobs, and urban growth. Among the most frequent natural ...
CNN

Over a month’s worth of rain has fallen on parts of Hawaii as a storm threatens flooding

A potent, multi-day storm continues to lash Hawaii with heavy rain into the weekend, prompting flood alerts in a state still recovering from devastating floods in March. A flood watch for all Hawaiian ...