Federal Flood Insurance in Jeopardy Here Floodplain Maps Must Be Updated for City, CountyResidents of Pittsburgh and 102 of Allegheny County's 130 municipalities could lose affordable...Don HopeyRobert Zullo
FEMA missed chances to make changes that could have protected city dwellers from some of the worst of Sandy’s destruction
Additional in ormation about lood maps can be obtained at the FEMA Map Service Center (MSC) website (http://msc. ema.gov). A. Types of Flood Maps FEMA produces 2 types o maps or rating lood insurance. For detailed in ormation, re er to Answers to ...
If the nearly 4.3 million residential homes (1-4 units) across the country with substantial flood risk were to be insured through the National Flood Insurance Program, the NFIP rates would need to increase 4.5 times to cover the risk today. New research,The Cost of Climate, from First Stree...
Pittsburgh on Pace to Meet Flood Map Deadline Federal Insurance Tied to FEMA RulesPittsburgh is on pace to adopt updated flood maps before theSept. 26 deadline set by the...Zullo, Robert
As a result, few residents outside of coastal or riverside areas are required to buy flood insurance. The agency said that approach is set by law and said its maps should not be viewed as a prediction of where flooding will occur. “Where it can rain it can flood,” FE...
One reason so few communities have qualified for top flood-insurance discounts is that some federal agencies have prohibited the release of inundation maps for dams that they own or regulate. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, some federal a...
County MapsareavailableforinspectionattheMuhlenbergCountyJudicialBuilding,136SouthMainStreet,Greenville,KY42345. (CatalogofFederalDomesticAssistanceNo. 97.022,‘‘FloodInsurance.’’) Dated:June3,2013. RoyE.Wright, DeputyAssociateAdministratorfor Mitigation,DepartmentofHomeland Security,FederalEmergencyManagement ...
Newer, Elevated Structures Had Much Smaller Flood Claims in Ian, FEMA Says February 6, 2024 Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage in southwest Florida, with more than 37,000 National Flood Insurance Program claims, making it the fourth-most expensive flood disaster in U.S. history, says a new...
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (2006) Federal Emergency Management Agency: Challenges for the National Flood Insurance Program. GAO-06-335T.U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). 2006. "Federal Emergency Management Agency, Challenges for the National Flood Insurance Program", GAO-06-...