Flood Apex Program: Automated National Structures Inventory Project Fact Sheet

Each year, floods kill more people and cause more economic damage than any other natural disaster. In 2016, the U.S. experienced 32 major disasters and six emergency declarations involving floods. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Flood Apex program is using new technologies and approaches to better understand flood risks and build new tools to mitigate them.