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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 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 ...
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.
Over 50 people accepted the City’s invitation to come to its community meeting Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church to discuss the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) map updates, which ...
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.