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Home elevation is not a new practice in Norfolk and Virginia Beach. But just a few companies are capable of doing it.

It’s a simple rule, designed to protect both homeowners and taxpayers: If you want publicly subsidized flood insurance, you can’t build a home that’s likely to flood.

New research finds a surprising and worrying acceleration across 76 percent of the world’s oceans.

Increasing sea rise is going to water down the value of some of the most coveted and expensive real estate in Florida, and insurance rates will go up too.

A climate research organization will offer access to a risk model that predicts the probability of flooding for homes across the United States, giving the public a look at the data institutional investors use to gauge risk.

To protect more homes from future flooding and to lower flood insurance rates, Virginia Beach is considering funding a local program to buy out or elevate at-risk properties throughout the city.

New projections show more sea level rise inundating South Florida by 2060.

Stillwright Point, which lingers in the wake of re-surging bay waters following last week’s full moon and king tide, may be targeted for road elevation sooner than originally planned.

A new Climate Central research report released this week finds hundreds of millions more people than previously known live on land at risk from coastal flooding linked to climate change.

The last time the Florida building code changed, it required any new construction along the coast to elevate buildings a whole foot. Now, a new study suggests that may not be enough and calls for yet another foot.

The timeline for South Florida to prepare for sea level rise just sped up a little. New projections show the region is in for higher seas, faster.