FEMA recently held an open house to introduce the public to pending flood maps, an overview of the review process, and a ...

Share This Post Facebook Pinterest Twitter LinkedinOn May 15, the City of Plant City sent out an Engineering Department flood letter to city residents. The letter is a caution to those who have ...

Your home may be at risk for flood damage even if you don’t live in a flood zone. As a result, skipping flood insurance could ...

The Trump administration’s new FEMA policy talks about public involvement in planning but strips any mention of equity, ...

Richmond's new flood hazard map adds many properties to risk zones, potentially requiring owners to buy flood insurance. City ...

The city emphasized that final maps are more precise than previous papers since “better flood hazard and risk data ... According to FEMA, flooding is widely considered the No. 1 natural disaster ...

FEMA’s maps underplay risks everywhere ... FEMA labels those deemed at highest flooding potential as special flood hazard areas, and federal law mandates flood insurance for mortgage-backed ...

Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM): Official map of a community on which FEMA has delineated the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), the Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), and the risk premium zones ...

Over the past five years, FEMA has studied flood risks near streams on the island, putting thousands of homes in flood hazard areas for ... The new flood risk map shows more properties in elevated ...

When FEMA last revised its flood maps in 2017, it added 500 Quincy properties ... Click the "2025 Preliminary FEMA National Hazard Layer" button. If the property fills in with blue, then it ...

according to FEMA. Homeowners also can appeal their additions to the flood hazard determination, so long as they apply before the new maps are adopted. But they may only do so if the repairs ...