Brigantine municipal officials recently received guidelines regarding the new FEMA Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps. The following information is based on these guidelines. Prior to Sandy, FEMA was ...

Navigating the complexities of flood insurance is often challenging, especially for homeowners in flood-prone areas where premiums may be steep. However, gaining insight into your property’s flood ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction. The Dec ...

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Workers constructing a house on St. Bernard Highway in Meraux built the structure on an elevated foundation to meet base flood requirements, which were only a few feet since the house was near the ...

Flooding isn’t just a risk for those living near hurricane-prone coastlines or riverbanks—floodwaters can rise almost anywhere, including areas where homeowners least expect it. Even a single ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has unveiled preliminary flood maps for Butte County and the City of Chico, highlighting revised flood hazards al ...

New flood maps issued by FEMA are set to go into effect starting Dec. 20. So what does that mean for you? High risk means there's a 1-in-4 chance of flooding, medium/low risk means anything less. Palm ...

WILDWOOD — Commissioners say they refuse to adopt the current FEMA advisory base flood elevation maps as they stand. “I refuse to adopt any map that says that the back bay could see three feet of wave ...

FEMA says it ultimately will use the data from this flood for regular map revisions, but the agency does not typically change the maps after one major flood. And, in any event, the process of making ...