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Jeremy Porter

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Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, City University of New York

A deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery’s childhood home in Hunt, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

July 16, 2025

FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared

Jeremy Porter, City University of New York

FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can get in the way.

Coastal cities like Port Arthur, Texas, are at increasing risk from flooding during storms. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

January 31, 2022

New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark

Oliver Wing, University of Bristol; Carolyn Kousky, University of Pennsylvania; Jeremy Porter, City University of New York, and Paul Bates, University of Bristol

A street-by-street analysis shows where the risks are rising fastest and also lays bare the inequities of who has to endure America’s crippling flood problem.

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