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.
August 11, 2025
After Brief Delay, NOAA’s Atlas 15 Project Moves Ahead
By News Editor
Atlas 15 will become the authoritative source for precipitation frequency information across the United States.
May 5, 2025
Congress Eyes Budget Tools That Could Cripple Nation’s Disaster Preparedness
By Elizabeth Duffy, ASFPM Washington Liaison
Agencies like FEMA, NOAA, USGS, and EPA represent the best of American governance — data-driven, service-oriented, forward-looking. Disinvesting in these agencies will make us less prepared, less safe, less prosperous, and less resilient.
October 11, 2024
NOAA Atlas 15 Extreme Precipitation Pilot Dataset Released for Review
By News Editor
Floodplain practitioners are encouraged to provide feedback on this important new tool.
February 5, 2024
NOAA Releases New Land Cover Data to Boost Coastal Resilience
By News Editor
High-resolution land cover data can support many critical applications, such as assessing flood risk, developing predictive models, and understanding land use impacts.
July 12, 2023
12 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters So Far This Year, According to NOAA
By News Editor
The total cost of the 12 billion-dollar events so far this year exceeds $32.7 billion (CPI-adjusted), and they have resulted in 100 direct and indirect fatalities
June 20, 2023
NOAA Opens Applications for $575M Climate Resilience Regional Challenge
By News Editor
Funding is available for projects that build the resilience of coastal and Great Lakes communities
January 17, 2023
Funding Available from NOAA’s Climate Adaptation Partnerships Program
By News Editor
Outcomes of grants funded through this opportunity will generate new, locally relevant knowledge and strategies to reduce risks from flooding and wildfire in frontline communities.
December 7, 2022
NFWF, NOAA Announce Record $136 Million for Coastal Resilience
By News Editor
The grants will help coastal communities plan, design and implement resilience projects that will reduce risks from rising sea levels and more intense storms.
October 15, 2022
New Data from NOAA Provides Insight into How Flooding Affects Employment
By News Editor
ASFPM and NOAA are interested in hearing from readers who have used employment data to inform their flood risk mitigation and communication strategies.