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2. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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   FIRMs display areas that fall within the 100-year flood boundary. Areas that fall within the boundary are called special flood hazard areas (SFHAs) and they are further divided into insurance risk zones. 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 ...

3. Understanding FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 system for flood insurance

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   FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 system is designed to produce fair flood insurance rates. ... for mandatory purchase requirements and floodplain management. ... Texas. $1,405. $784. $524,545. Utah. $953 ...

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

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5. National Flood Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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   The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-448). The NFIP has two purposes: to share the risk of flood losses through flood insurance and to reduce flood damages by restricting floodplain development.

6. Special Flood Hazard Area - Wikipedia

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   Areas within the SFHA are designated on the flood insurance rate map as Zone A, AO, A1-A30, AE, A99, AH, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/AH, AR/AO, AR/A1-A30, V1-V30 or V. [2] Land areas that are at high risk for flooding are called special flood hazard areas (SFHAs), or floodplains. These areas are indicated on flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs).

7. Flood Insurance: Why You Might Need It - AOL

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   Kay Bowker of Lumberton, N.J., thought she was one of the lucky ones. In July 2004, when a freak flood struck hundreds of near by homes and businesses, her house, on higher ground, went untouched ...

8. Flood insurance - Wikipedia

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   FEMA states that approximately 50% of low flood zone risk borrowers think they are ineligible and cannot buy flood insurance. Anyone residing in a community participating in the NFIP can buy flood insurance, [10] even renters. However, unless one lives in a designated floodplain and is required under the terms of a mortgage to purchase flood ...

9. 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 ...