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PREPARATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE FLOOD in Santa Rosa this year include more than having a disaster kit ready because residents ...
FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.
Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.
At least 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic perished in Friday's floods, with the total death toll in the floods now ...
The Trump administration canceled a FEMA program in April that would have funded upgrades to protect the town from flooding.
Did you know that most homeowners’ insurance policies leave a wide opening for supplemental policies covering damage from ...
Find a question Can you get flood insurance in a high-risk floodplain? FEMA offers coverage to most of the country’s flood insurance policyholders through its National Flood Insurance Program.
The last time FEMA updated a flood map was back in 2017. According to Palm Beach County’s website, 16,269 parcels of land are at a greater risk for flooding.
Florida homeowners urged to consider flood insurance even if they’re not in a risk zone Florida emergency management director warns on relying on flood zone designations ORLANDO, Fla.
Flood maps issued by FEMA go into effect Dec. 20, and according to the agency 5,000 properties have gone from low/medium flood risk to high risk in Palm Beach County.
About 900 properties formerly in a high-risk flood zone have received downgrades, according to FEMA officials. What about flood insurance in Florida?