Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction ...

Base flood elevations show how far above sea level a home would need to be in order to withstand flooding from a once-in-a-100-year storm.

The two-year delay in implementing Jefferson Parish's new flood elevation maps will allow the Federal Emergency Management Association to revise the map-making process from the ground up, a parish ...

On the west side, the elevations are 14 to 15 feet with the new map, similar to the existing map except at one location just north of Triumph, which now has a 3.5-foot elevation requirement.

Enter the flood elevation certificate. ... After you get the certificate, you can then submit a request to get a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA), ...

Over 50 people accepted the City’s invitation to come to its community meeting Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church to discuss the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) map updates, which ...

FEMA's advisory base flood elevations, which were part of a flood map overhaul that was in the works before the hurricane, were released early to serve as a guide for victims rebuilding their houses ...

Homeowners can go online to Region2Coastal.com to see the Preliminary Work Maps, or to plug in their address to determine what flood zone they are in, and their new base flood elevation.

New FEMA flood maps are available for Collier County homeowners. Some properties will be moved into "high-risk" flood zones.

WASHINGTON - About half of the homeowners who live in federally designated flood plains do not have flood insurance, a nationwide study says. But more homeowners in the South — including those ...