It can cost FEMA as much as $11.8 billion to create national Flood Insurance Rate Maps, which show whether an area has at least a 1% chance of flooding in a year, according to a 2020 report from the Association of State Floodplain Managers. Researchers say their method of using machine le...
One of the biggest drivers of flood damage risk was proximity to astream, along with elevation and the average amount of extreme precipitation per year. The three Census regions with the highest probability were in the Southeast. Louisiana, Missouri, the District of Columbia, Florida and Mississip...
In October 1995 the Southeast endured the wrath ofCategory 3 Hurricane Opal. The hurricane ravaged Florida, Alabama, western Georgia, eastern Tennessee, and the western Carolinas with its gusting winds and flooding. Most of the damage came fromstorm surges of up to 10 to 15 feetalong the coas...
In addition to his role as the public face of FEMA, Fugate also appears equally adept in the policy marshes that FEMA operates in around Washington. In recenttestimonybefore the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on “Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program,...
The Christophersons, who did not buy flood insurance, filed a lawsuit against CoreLogic, the couple who sold them the property, the real estate broker and brokerage that arranged the sale, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and three contractors who assisted FEMA in drawing its flood maps. ...
That means the cost of flood insurance and the home's predicted value may emerge earlier in the home-buying process, rather than surprising buyers or sellers at the last minute, Danielle Hale, realtor.com's chief economist, told CBS MoneyWatch."...
FEMA NOTIFIES MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, OF IMPENDING FLOOD INSURANCE PROBATIONAGENCY GROUP 09FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database