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2. 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]

3. 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]

4. Understanding FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 system for flood ... - AOL

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   Why FEMA updated flood insurance rates. FEMA’s goal with Risk Rating 2.0 was to improve the equity of the NFIP by using more actuarially-based rates. ... Below is a chart showcasing the per ...

5. 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.

6. National Flood Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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   FEMA says this can be used for property that was incorrectly included in a flood zone or if the addition of fill has elevated the property above the flood zone. Information on the property's location, legal description, and use of fill are required for FEMA to determine if the property is located in a flood zone. FEMA might request additional ...

7. Flood insurance isn't perfect. You should probably buy ... - AOL

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   Many of FEMA’s flood zone maps haven’t been updated in years, and even those that have been rely on historical storm data and don’t take into account how climate change and an atmosphere ...