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2. FEMA is changing Palm Beach County's flood maps. How to ... - AOL

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   On the new maps in Palm Beach County, about 5,000 properties have moved to a high-risk flood zone, also considered a "special flood hazard area," from a low- or medium-risk flood zone.

3. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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   A flood insurance rate map (FIRM) is an official map of a community within the United States that displays the floodplains, more explicitly special hazard areas and risk premium zones, as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [1]

4. FEMA wants input on its new Morris County flood insurance ...

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   For more information, contact a FEMA map specialist by phone at 877-FEMA-MAP (877-336-2627) or by email atFEMA-FMIX@fema.dhs.gov. Timeline of Morris County process

5. Federal Emergency Management Agency - Wikipedia

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   The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1]

6. This FEMA map will show how at-risk your city is for a ... - AOL

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   FEMA's assessments account for the likelihood that a county will be struck by any of 18 different kinds of natural disasters, ranging from hurricanes, floods, or tornadoes, to the less common but ...

7. Special Flood Hazard Area - Wikipedia

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   A Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) is an area identified by the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an area with a special flood or mudflow, and/or flood related erosion hazard, as shown on a flood hazard boundary map or flood insurance rate map. [1]

8. FEMA will unveil proposed new county floodplain maps Thursday

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   FEMA and mortgage lenders use these flood maps to help determine flood insurance rates. There are only a few floodplain areas in Branch County, and Hard is unsure of the numbers.

9. National Flood Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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   The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines the floodplain as the area that would be flooded by a base flood, [8] which is "the flood which has a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year". In this sense, a base flood is synonymous with a 100-year flood and a floodplain is synonymous with a special flood ...