The average cost of flood insurance in Massachusetts is $1,078 per year for a policy from the NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program). Your mortgage lender may require you to have flood insurance if ...

Like the molasses flood that took Boston, Massachusetts over 70 years to recover from... According to a Boston Uncovered article, in January 1919, a 50-foot-tall tank holding 2.3 million gallons of ...

Emma and Charlotte St. George, 17 and 13, lost their mother, Katie, to breast cancer in May and their father, Jeff, to a ...

Tourism, fisheries, real estate and countless natural benefits rely on the integrity of the waters off the coast of ...

Trump fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies who are supposed to conduct oversight of his ...

Boston and the MBTA will receive nearly $13 million from the from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to protect ...

In December 2024 home prices in Massachusetts rose 89 percent from last year with a higher median price Yet home sales across Massachusetts increased by 164 percent on average Now your home is more th ...

A recent study found that average river flow volumes have risen in headwaters and dropped in basin outlets since 1984.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Too many homeowners think they don’t need flood insurance. Only about 27% of homeowners have it, according to the National ...

River's overall risk from climate change is the lowest in the state by some metrics, it still faces potential challenges.

1809 March Significant flooding in Newtown, Hobart. Nash's mill washed away. 1811? In Hobart, said to be highest flood for 17 years. 1822? Heavy floods in parts of the state. 1828 September On 15th, ...