“This is the first spatially complete map of flood damage probability for the United States; wall-to-wall information that can be used to learn more about flood risk in vulnerable, underrepresented communities,” says Ross Meentemeyer, professor of geospatial analytics. To create their computer m...
Stantec Inc., WS Atkins and the Dewberry Companies, “fraudulently” amended the map to restore the prior 615-foot flood level and “back-dated” the change to 2010 to “make it appear” that the Special Flood Hazard designation had existed all the while. ...
as fema stubbornly waited three days to provide aid to a devastated florida until officials had filed the correct paperwork, dade county’s head of emergency preparedness called a press conference and begged, “where the hell is the cavalry on this one? we need food. we need water. we need...
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,...
In some parts of the country, including in non-coastal states, the flood assessment is being compiled for the first time. That's because the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which maps flood risk, lacks the budget and other resources to map every square inch of the country, and instea...
FEMA NOTIFIES MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, OF IMPENDING FLOOD INSURANCE PROBATIONAGENCY GROUP 09FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database