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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 ] The term is used mainly in the United States but similar maps exist in many other ...

3. 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 ...

4. Federal Emergency Management Agency - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.fema.gov. 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 ] The agency's primary purpose is to ...

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

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   FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 is a new rating system for NFIP flood insurance policies. The program rolled out in two phases. Phase one began October 1, 2021 and entailed new policies being subject to ...

6. FEMA releases Wayne County flood maps, urges residents to ...

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   The maps help determine flood risks and flood insurance requirements and rates. FEMA is urging residents to look at the maps, identify problems, ask questions, and participate in the 90-day appeal ...

7. 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

8. Flood management - Wikipedia

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   Flood management methods can be structural or non-structural: Structural flood management (i.e: flood control) is the reduction of the effects of a flood using physical solutions, such as reservoirs, levees, dredging and diversions. Non-structural flood management includes land-use planning, advanced warning systems and flood insurance.

9. Check FEMA flood maps now before flood insurance rates rise - AOL

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   While residents and businesses of Rhode Island and Connecticut are looking to FEMA for help after flooding, those in California are screaming because new FEMA flood maps may mean they have to buy ...