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Is your house in a flood zone? This map has the answer
Even a small amount of water inside a home can cause costly damage. Here’s how to assess your flood risk and what to do if ...
How to Know Your Flood Risk
Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.
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FEMA eyeing updates to flood zones in Santa Rosa. Is your property impacted?
FEMA is anticipated to open a 90-day public appeal and comment period in the winter where property owners can formally ...
Exclusive: Most Kerr County homes hit on July 4 had no flood insurance
Less than 5% of homes in the county's FEMA floodplain had flood coverage, well below the national average. Uptake was even ...
FEMA maps underestimated risk in catastrophic Texas flood, data shows
The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...
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FEMA maps said they weren’t in a flood zone. Then came the rain.
The most common reference for flood risk are the flood insurance rate maps, also known as 100-year floodplain maps, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, produces.