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Parts of northern Delaware saw significant flooding Thursday as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Ida that doused the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. The…
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Last year Lewes saw 8 days of sunny-day or high-tide flooding—twice the annual average two decades ago. That number is expected to keep going up. The…
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Government agencies and commercial operations will get access to better data about the currents in the Delaware Bay—thanks to a new radar installed on…
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The City of Lewes could become the first town in Delaware to explicitly account for sea level rise in its building code.Lewes City Council will hold a…
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Some Delawareans could see changes to their flood insurance premiums as early as this fall, under the National Flood Insurance Program’s new pricing…
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Flood risk is increasing in low-lying, coastal Delaware due to climate change.But nationwide, flood insurance rates aren’t high enough to cover the growing risk, or even the risk right now. Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt examines the cost of flood insurance in the First State.
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Sea levels are rising in the Delaware Bay faster than in other places. Experts are sounding the alarm about the threat to historic resources. Coastal…
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A new outlook from federal oceanographic scientists reaffirms projections that coastal towns in Delaware will see more sunny-day flooding in the…
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Some homeowners in New Castle County may be subject to different flood insurance requirements starting next week, when an updated floodplain map that…
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University of Delaware researchers will look at using vacant lots in Wilmington to help reduce flooding under a grant announced this week. Professor and…