The analysis, published in the journal Earth's Future, found that over 840,000 new residential properties were built in the floodplain across the U.S. with about 398,000 of those built in Florida ...

Now, Florida faces more flooding as ... That is substantially more territory than 221,000 square miles included in FEMA maps of the 100-year floodplain, according to the university.

Forty percent of Florida’s developable land is in floodplains. South Florida alone accounted for 124,090 residential properties developed on 34,560 acres of floodplain land between 2001 and 2019 ...

Over two-million acres of floodplain development occurred in U.S. in last two decades, study finds Roughly half of all residential floodplain development in U.S. was built in Florida ...

Hurricane Ian caused widespread flooding across Central Florida.A good number of homeowners saying they didn't even consider flood insurance based on the available flood maps.

Seminole County officials are in the process of updating their floodplain maps in the western part of the county. ... READ: Data shows 65 people died during boating accidents in Florida last year.

(Illustration by Kevin Rebong for The Real Deal; Getty)Half of all residential development on flood-prone land in the U.S. over the past two decades has been built in Florida. From 2001 to 2019 ...

Over two-million acres of floodplain development occurred in U.S. in last two decades, study finds Roughly half of all residential floodplain development in U.S. was built in Florida ...