A plan to add flood walls and elevated park space is the most complicated and expensive link in the Lower Manhattan Coastal ...

Lawmakers approved a plan Wednesday to rezone a 54-block swath of the Queens waterfront neighborhood, including industrial ...

For Mamdani, governance means not maintaining bureaucracy but redefining public excellence. A city, he argues, survives not ...

A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as ...

The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned Monday that Hurricane Melissa could cause catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides in parts of Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola. The annual death toll ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as the strongest storm in the island's history. The Category 5 hurricane tore a path of destruction across the island, causing major flooding and ...

The MTA is ramping up its warnings about subway flooding. During their October board meeting Wednesday, transit officials laid out new resiliency work, but also pointed a finger at the city's ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was sustaining Category 4 strength late Sunday and may get stronger while threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including ...

Homeowners' insurance and flood insurance are typically sold as separate policies. Most flood insurance policies have a 30-day waiting period before they become active. It is difficult to get new ...