Make sure all the pipes entering your house have valves to prevent a flooded sewage system from backing up into your home. Gate valves are typically better than flap valves, because they provide a ...

The “Khudi Bari” or “tiny house” offers hope to millions of people. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Traditionally built to protect properties against the devastating effects of flooding and to stabilise houses on tricky sloping sites, stilt homes offer a wealth of unconventional design possibilities ...

Whenever historic homes get flooded, building contractors often feel compelled by government regulations to rip out the water-logged wood flooring and install flood-resistant materials.

Magician <b>Paul Daniels's</b> home on the banks of the Thames was said to be worth £2.25million. But now it may be impossible to sell after a council rejected plans to protect it from flooding ...

In Ventura County, plans call for elevating homes along the coast where rising sea levels could inundate the shoreline. Local officials described sea level rise as a slow-moving threat, but one ...

Storm-prepped homes may be too expensive for some, but not for those with a budget of $50 million or more. The same logic goes for other environmental disasters, the report said.

The "Khudi Bari" or "tiny house"—resilient homes made on bamboo stilts rising out of the floodwaters that are also easy to move to safer locations when needed—offer hope to millions.

CHAR SHILDAHA (BANGLADESH) — An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing ...