Commentary: New FEMA maps bring Florida’s flood risks to forefront
West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new ...
New FEMA maps bring Florida’s flood risks to forefront | Opinion
West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new ...
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Deadline approaches for sea level rise study
Grays Harbor County was awarded a $130,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology to complete a Sea Level Rise ...
Cost of construction and flood insurance may rise after FEMA updates flood zone map
Enacted on Dec. 20, new base flood elevation for Palm Beach Midtown may mean higher construction cost and flood insurance ...
Want to build a home in a flood-prone zone? NJ soon wants you to build it even higher
New Jersey is proposing rules that would force new homes to be built five feet higher over previous elevation standards in ...
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Cost of construction and flood insurance may rise after FEMA updates flood zone map
according to the flood zone map. That means any new construction project in the zone must have a ground floor that is seven feet higher than sea level to reduce the likelihood of flood damage ...
The huge African country with an ‘insane’ £7bn plan to flood itself
As the country faces a serious overcrowding issue, it is said that Egypt plans to spend £7.3 billion to "flood itself".