The NJDEP revealed updates to its proposed Resilient Environments and Landscapes – or REAL – flood rules in response to mass ...

New Jersey environmental regulators are amending a proposal that has faced harsh criticism from builders and the business ...

New York and New Jersey hit by torrential rain and flash floods, forcing highway closures, suspending subway lines and flight ...

Elected officials and environmental organizations are calling for the full adoption of the Department of Environmental ...

The state’s latest proposal would require new buildings in coastal flood zones be elevated an additional 4 feet, rather than 5 feet.

Expanding New Jersey's flood hazard area by 1.5%. Currently, about 16% of the state is within a flood hazard zone. Moving into compliance with FEMA flood-prevention regulations.

Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.

In New Jersey – close to 700,000 people live in a flood zone. Now the state, as NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports, is involved in trying to move some of those people out of harm's way ...

New Jersey may allow building in high-risk flood zones. July 8, 2013 (Shutterstock file photo) In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a recurring theme emerged from officials at virtually every level of ...