Per their website, â FEMA is responsible for mapping our countryâ s flood risk.â So, what happens when those Flood Insurance Rate Maps are so antiquated that they do not provide crucial ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

The last time FEMA released new flood maps was seven years ago. The Town of Jupiter will host an open-house style information session about the new flood maps from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 ...

Flood map is representation of areas that have high risk of flooding Laverne McGee , Reporter Published: August 6, 2024, 12:48 PM Updated: August 6, 2024, 6:52 PM ...

The Mitchell City Council in June approved an agreement with HDR Engineering to review and update FEMA’s mapping of the Firesteel Creek floodplain model within and just west of Lake Mitchell. HDR will ...

After FEMA's new floodplain maps are released, many families who bought a house outside of a floodplain will find themselves suddenly required to purchase flood insurance, which can run upward of ...

When FEMA last revised its flood maps in 2017, it added 500 Quincy properties to the flood zone. Shea said many of these additions were inaccurate. "We knew the maps were incorrect," Shea said.

Midstate cities requesting FEMA to revise flood maps An 87-year-old Clarksville woman, who doesn’t live in a designated floodplain, has had her home flood four times since 2009.

According to a release, the city council is expected to approve Richmond’s final Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) at its meeting on Tuesday, May 27, after FEMA initially introduced it in 2023.