October 6, 2025
Balancing Floods and Droughts in Kenya: Adaptive Water Management Through Portable Barriers
By Omar Saleh
Laikipia County’s approach aligns with the principles of adaptive and community-based floodplain management.
September 12, 2025
New ASFPM Resource Provides Model Ordinance Language for Putting ASCE 24-24 into Practice
By News Editor
By providing clear ordinance language alongside implementation considerations, ASFPM is making it easier to translate national standards into local action.
September 11, 2025
New Research Finds Increased Payoff from Disaster Resilience Investments
By Mary Bart
Every dollar invested in disaster resilience today could save communities up to $33 in lost future economic activity. This powerful finding comes from a new report from Allstate, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
September 11, 2025
Hurricane Helene Case Study: Hydrology Analyses for Virginia Creeper Trail Reconstruction
By Steven E. Yochum, PhD, PE, PH
Recommendations on design flood discharges at the 100-year (1% chance of occurrence) scale are quantified for the Virginia Creeper Trail reconstruction.
September 5, 2025
NOAA’s Flood Inundation Mapping Tool Expands to 60% of U.S.
By News Editor
FIM helps provide approximate spatial estimates of land area that is covered in water, based on modeled forecast river flows and current conditions, with detailed information on where flooding impacts may occur.
September 4, 2025
September is National Preparedness Month: Flood Risk Tools for You and Your Community
By News Editor
In recognition of National Preparedness Month, we have curated a collection of resources to help you and your communities be prepared.
August 28, 2025
Senators Seek Input on Improving the NFIP
By News Editor
Submit feedback by Sept 15 on how to improve the NFIP and help keep it affordable and solvent.
August 21, 2025
EDA Announces $1.45 Billion in Disaster Recovery Grants for FY 2025
By News Editor
The Disaster Supplemental Grant Program is available to communities that received major disaster declarations in calendar years 2023 and 2024.
August 14, 2025
The Camp Gap – What We Can Learn from the Camp Mystic Tragedy
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
From stronger oversight to better warnings, five lessons from Camp Mystic to make camps safer from flash floods.
August 28, 2025
ASFPM Presses FEMA Review Council on Three Urgent Priorities for Disaster Readiness
By News Editor
FEMA’s ability to reduce risk and protect lives depends on hazard mitigation remaining at the center of its work, with investments that strengthen standards, expand risk reduction and build capacity at the state and community level.
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