NORFOLK, Va. — Understanding the risk of sea-level rise and being able to visualize it are two different things. For years, we’ve been able to look at aerial maps showing flood zones and areas ...

For STiR, Norfolk laid out multiple problems it hoped private-sector technologists could solve, one of those being improving communication about the severity of flood risks to its community.

Norfolk rolled out a new online interactive map and web tool Wednesday for the public to learn more about and comment on natural efforts to reduce coastal flooding.

About 600 fewer properties will be required to buy flood insurance as a result of new FEMA flood boundaries in Norfolk, but other proposed changes highlight risks in new areas. City officials and ...

A report to Norfolk County Council shows that 100,077 properties in the county are at risk from three types of flooding while hundreds of thousands of other properties have escaped being placed in ...

Last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Norfolk needs $1.8 billion in infrastructure improvements to reduce its flood risk. That's a huge, and possibly insurmountable, price tag .

Michelle Hamor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District's Floodplain Management Services Secti on chief, points to flood-prone areas of on a map at Fort Norfolk, Virginia, March 13, 2019.

WAVY Norfolk. Norfolk council updated on flood prevention project. Posted: May 21, 2025 | Last updated: May 21, 2025. The city of Norfolk's coastal storm risk management project is moving right along.

Norfolk rolled out a new online interactive map and web tool Wednesday for the public to learn more about and comment on natural efforts to reduce coastal flooding.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Norfolk officials are urging residents to take notice of proposed changes to federal flood insurance rate maps in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.