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  2. New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise ...

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    Amid dramatic ocean swells and drenching atmospheric rivers, a new report lays bare a hidden aspect of sea level rise that has been exacerbating flooding in the Bay Area.. The report, which was ...

  3. Flood risk assessment - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales, the Environment Agency requires a professional Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) to be submitted alongside planning applications in areas that are known to be at risk of flooding (within flood zones 2 or 3) and/ or are greater than 1ha in area, planning permission is not usually granted until the FRA has been accepted by the Environment Agency.

  4. Hazard map - Wikipedia

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    Example of a hazard map. A hazard map is a map that highlights areas that are affected by or are vulnerable to a particular hazard. They are typically created for natural hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, flooding and tsunamis. Hazard maps help prevent serious damage and deaths. [1]

  5. 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]

  6. Flood map reveals which areas are most at risk from climate ...

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  7. Are you in a flood-prone zone? Here’s a map of at-risk areas ...

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  8. Flood management - Wikipedia

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    In the UK, the Environment Agency has produced maps which show areas at risk. The map to the right shows a flood map for the City of York, including the floodplain for a 1 in 100-year flood (dark blue), the predicted floodplain for a 1 in 1000 year flood (light blue) and low-lying areas in need of flood defence (purple). The most sustainable ...

  9. This FEMA map will show how at-risk your city is for a ... - AOL

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    The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently published its first National Risk Index, a multi-year project which assesses each of the country's 3,006 counties’ potential vulnerability to ...