The new FEMA preliminary flood insurance rate maps (FIRM) and elevation requirements will impact insurance rates for many Manatee County homeowners.

TAMPA, Fla. — Marilyn Mendez Arnett lives in an area of Tampa currently considered a ‘non-flood zone’ by FEMA, but that could change as the federal agency reports flood maps are under ...

The new shelter location in Middleburg, at the intersection of County Road 220 and Sleepy Hollow Road, per FEMA’s Flood Zone maps, is not in an area of flood risk.

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA's new flood maps — which newly place thousands of South Florida homes into ...

While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received letters bumping them into high-risk flood zones. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released its widely ...

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Most of GCSC and Florida State University Panama City are also now within a flood hazard zone. Most of the new affected areas in Panama City fall within an "X500" zone.

PANAMA CITY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revised and reissued its Flood Insurance Study for Bay County. A screenshot of Panama City's updated flood zone map as of Oct. 25 ...

Many Americans are buying homes in flood zones—and don't realize it The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government ...