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

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   The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) created Risk Rating 2.0 to help create more fairly rated flood insurance policies by taking more rating factors into consideration.

6. 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 ...

7. HAZUS - Wikipedia

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   Hazus is a geographic information system-based natural hazard analysis tool developed and freely distributed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In 1997 FEMA released its first edition of a commercial off-the-shelf loss and risk assessment software package built on GIS technology. This product was termed HAZUS97.

8. Is your Kansas City home likely to flood? These ZIP ... - AOL

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   If you want to know the specific flood risk for your home, use the Kansas City Parcel Viewer’s floodplain layer. 64112 around the Plaza Merchants along Nichols Road assess the damage of the 1977 ...

9. Waffle House Index - Wikipedia

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   A Waffle House mostly reduced to rubble in Biloxi, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Waffle House Index is a metric named after the ubiquitous Southern US restaurant chain Waffle House known for its 24-hour, 365-day service. [1]