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2. What is a flood elevation certificate? - AOL

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   Your mortgage lender may require you to purchase flood insurance if your home is in a flood plain. An elevation certificate might be useful in a few ways. If you do not believe your home needs ...

3. Floodplain - Wikipedia

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   A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands [1] is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high discharge. [2] The soils usually consist of clays, silts, sands, and gravels deposited during floods. [3]

4. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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   The term 100-year flood indicates that the area has a one-percent chance of flooding in any given year, not that a flood will occur every 100 years. [2] Such maps are used in town planning, in the insurance industry, and by individuals who want to avoid moving into a home at risk of flooding or to know how to protect their property. FIRMs are ...

5. 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 ...

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

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   To see which flood zone your home is in, check this county map. Maya Washburn covers northern Palm Beach County for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida-Network. Reach her at ...

7. Heavy rains coming your way? Here's how to protect your home ...

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   FEMA recommends elevating your heat pumps, water meters and air conditioning condensers at least 1 foot above your flood elevation level to protect your equipment. If you’re living in a flood ...