Topic: Flood insurance

A house is submerged in floodwaters from the Salinas River near Chualar, California, on January 12, 2023. (NIC COURY/AFP via Getty Images)

Blanca Begert
Destruction left after Hurricane Irma (Getty/Gerben Van Es)

Flood insurance is broken

Robert W. Klein - The Conversation
An abandoned vehicle sits in flood waters on the I-10 highway in Houston, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

How flood insurance works

Robert W. Klein - The Conversation
Heavy waves caused by Hurricane Matthew on Cocoa Beach, Florida. (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Storm surge: the recovery boon

Angelo Young
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-92856p1.html'>Michael-John Wolfe</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Another cave on climate change

David Dayen