Torrential rainfall, damaging wind gusts, and severe thunderstorms were lashing the U.S. regions on Tuesday afternoon.

FEMA releases updated flood maps for 4 New Jersey counties Published: Jun. 17, 2013, 11:00 a.m. This screenshot shows the revised federal flood maps for the Shore Acres section of Brick Township.

The NWS issued a Flood Watch for parts of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania due to anticipated heavy rainfall.

Flood-weary residents in northern and central New Jersey aren’t out of the woods yet. The biggest troublespots as of Wednesday afternoon were two sections of the Passaic River — in the Pine ...

Even before Hurricane Sandy, FEMA engineers were working on replacements for decades-old flood-insurance maps. In December, they released new maps that significantly changed the flood plains in ...

And the National Flood Insurance Program, which the maps support, pays out far more than it collects in premiums. As of June, it owed more than $20 billion to the U.S. Treasury.

Dec. 8, 2023 — Community Coordination and Outreach Meeting to review Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map and discuss updates to local floodplain management ordinance and flood insurance. May 10 ...

New Jersey's number of "flood days" are increasing across the region, according to Sea Level Rise Viewer data. For instance, before 1992, Atlantic City had fewer than five flood days a year ...

Highways and major roadways across New Jersey were closed Sunday evening, Aug. 18 due to flooding and a series of crashes, making for a stress-inducing commute. The National Weather Service warned ...

Chronic flooding has long been a problem in New Jersey. Last year, Bergen County was ranked the second-most-at-risk county for flooding in the U.S.

Expanding New Jersey's flood hazard area by 1.5%. Currently, about 16% of the state is within a flood hazard zone. Moving into compliance with FEMA flood-prevention regulations.