Enacted on Dec. 20, new base flood elevation for Palm Beach Midtown may mean higher construction cost and flood insurance ...

Approaching my 12th year as managing editor of the Sedona Red Rock News, I’ve received letters from hundreds of residents around the Verde Valley, but few were as consistent and prolific as Sedona ...

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new ...

While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida ... risk flood zones. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec ...

While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners ... there are ways to change your flood zone designation with a LOMA – a Letter of Map Amendment – if you think ...

Flood insurance in Florida costs an average ... C or B flood zones. That's because your home has a lower risk of flooding. You can check your home's flood zone using the FEMA flood map tool. Enter the ...

It found that FEMA's flood maps mainly focus on coastal areas and may not fully capture flood risks in inland areas. This leaves many homes underinsured, especially in inland flood-prone areas.

A change to federal flood ... zones that could affect insurance rates, property values and building especially along the lower Russian River. “As far I know this isn’t on anybody’s map ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising ... Commission, The Florida Division of Historic Resources ...