JUPITER — Higher-risk flood zones are moving west, and more Palm Beach County homeowners will be required to purchase flood ...
The new flood zone map pushes flooding threats further inland from the coast compared to the 2009 Flood Insurance Rate Map. A notice from the city of Panama City says it is incorporating drainage ...
There are approximately 172,000 parcels on Oahu. Currently, 15,000 parcels are located within special flood hazard areas.” ...
The inundations were unexpected because most of the properties were outside of the federal government’s officially designated flood zones. For years, experts have criticized the maps created by ...
While federal flood zone maps may give homeowners a false sense of security, experts are now warning that the real danger extends far beyond those outdated designations, according to CNBC.
Areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms could drench the southern Plains ... Monday bringing an increasing threat of flash flooding. Flood Watches have been posted for parts of New Mexico, Texas ...
If you look at a flood map, these areas will be zones that begin with “A” or “V.” FEMA has created a flood map of high-risk flood areas. To determine if you’re in an area prone to ...
Many of FEMA’s flood zone maps haven’t been updated in years, and even those that have been rely on historical storm data and don’t take into account how climate change and an atmosphere ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for creating flood zone maps that show the likelihood that an area will flood. These flood insurance maps help determine how much NFIP ...
PANAMA CITY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revised and reissued its Flood Insurance Study for Bay County. The new flood zone map pushes flooding threats further inland from ...