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

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

Flood zones in the U.S. are designated ... to trust [just] a single source,” says Florida real estate agent Mark Wei. “Start with official flood maps, but dig deeper. Local county records ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

The map specifically assesses fire hazard, rather than risk, the agency says. "The map is like flood zone maps, where lands are described in terms of the probability level of a particular area ...