THE Philippines is a country where an average of 20 typhoons can decimate properties, livelihood and more importantly human lives because of heavy rains, devastating floods, and landslides.

Based on the flood risk map of the University of the Philippines’ Project NOAH, the entire stretch of Taft Avenue is categorized at the “medium” hazard level. FLOOD RISK MAP. Project NOAH ...

The Flood Insurance Rate ... “the final map looks nothing like what FEMA originally proposed,” with a much smaller area tagged a hazard, he says. Property values do in fact decline when ...

Still, research shows buyers often overlook flood hazards when choosing a home ... delayed releasing Harris County’s updated flood maps, leaving much of the existing floodplain information ...

The rules create an inundation risk zone, addressing the risk to homes and infrastructure from more frequent flooding, as well as adjusting coastal flood hazard ... new flood maps, an economic ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) issued an urgent call on Monday to all local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas to ...

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has rolled out key upgrades to its ...

Cagayan De Oro - Survivors of devastating Philippines flash floods face a growing threat of ... unable to return home as the government has forbidden them from returning to flood-prone areas. "They ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The City of Charleston and the US Army Corps of Engineers are working out flood prevention infrastructure designs around the peninsula in the Coastal Storm Risk Management ...