About 600 fewer properties will be required to buy flood insurance as a result of new FEMA flood boundaries in Norfolk, but other proposed changes highlight risks in new areas. City officials and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Understanding the risk of sea-level rise and being able to visualize it are two different things. For years, we’ve been able to look at aerial maps showing flood zones and areas ...

A library patron walks across a tidal flooding map of Norfolk at Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia, on April 30, 2024. The map displays the city’s 2.6 billion dollar plan for coastal storm ...

Norfolk rolled out a new online interactive map and web tool Wednesday for the public to learn more about and comment on natural efforts to reduce coastal flooding.

For STiR, Norfolk laid out multiple problems it hoped private-sector technologists could solve, one of those being improving communication about the severity of flood risks to its community.

New zoning rules in Norfolk, Virginia, require developers to include flood prevention measures. Some builders opposed the move, and warn it will raise costs for home buyers.

Michelle Hamor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District's Floodplain Management Services Secti on chief, points to flood-prone areas of on a map at Fort Norfolk, Virginia, March 13, 2019.

Traffic and high water mapping technology out of Australia showed enough promise helping Norfolk navigate its flooding woes during a 9-month pilot project that the city has decided to expand and ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Norfolk officials are urging residents to take notice of proposed changes to federal flood insurance rate maps in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.