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2. What is a flood elevation certificate? - AOL

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   A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood elevation certificate provides specific property elevation information and may be especially beneficial for homeowners in high-risk flood zones.

3. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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   These FIRMs are used in identifying whether a land or building is in flood zone and, if so, which of the different flood zones are in effect. In 2004, FEMA began a project to update and digitize the flood plain maps at a yearly cost of $200 million. The new maps usually take around 18 months to go from a preliminary release to the final product.

4. National Flood Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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   Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local communities and the federal government that states that if a community will adopt and enforce a floodplain management ordinance to reduce future flood risks to new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), the federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against ...

5. Thousands of US communities forgo federal flood insurance - AOL

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   FEMA manages the NFIP, which Congress created in 1968 with the National Flood Insurance Act. Homeowners, businesses, and renters can buy flood coverage through the NFIP Direct system or more than ...

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

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   The new Risk Rating 2.0 pricing strategy kept some key elements consistent to ensure a smooth transition and meet legal requirements. The NFIP must adhere to the existing legal caps on annual ...

7. Flood opening - Wikipedia

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   Most regulatory authorities in the United States that offer requirements for flood openings define two major classes of opening: [1] engineered, and non-engineered. The requirements for non-engineered openings are typically stricter, defining necessary characteristics for aspects ranging from overall size of each opening, to allowable screening or other coverage options, to number and ...