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FEMA approved requests to lift flood restrictions on Camp Mystic buildings for years, enabling expansion in a known hazard zone before the July 4 flash floods killed at least 27 people.
SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - The village of New Boston sees flooding issues often. It’s just one item being addressed on a ...
In total, 30 buildings were reportedly removed from the hazard zone between 2013 and 2020 RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty More than a dozen Camp Mystic buildings were removed from a FEMA flood map ...
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.
The higher base flood elevation also affects major renovation projects through FEMA’s "50% rule," a policy that requires projects in a special flood hazard area to employ the most recent flood ...
On the new maps in Palm Beach County, about 5,000 properties have moved to a high-risk flood zone, also considered a "special flood hazard area," from a low- or medium-risk flood zone.
LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - FEMA has issued a warning to Maui wildfire survivors who are in the process of rebuilding their homes of contractor fraud. In a news release on Thursday, FEMA said it is ...
beckley – People who live in flood-hazard areas and had damage to their homes during the Feb. 15 – 18, 2025, winter flooding in Logan, Mercer, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne, ...
A FEMA worker attends a claim by a local resident after being affected by floods following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Marion, North Carolina, U.S., October 5, 2024.
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — The review and comment period for a new hazard mitigation plan in Pennington County is ending Monday, Nov. 4, and the county’s emergency management director said ...