The new FEMA preliminary flood insurance rate maps (FIRM) and elevation requirements will impact insurance rates for many Manatee County homeowners. The maps are being re-drawn for the first time ...

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 ...

Despite how your property is designated on the FEMA flood zone map, all of Florida is in a flood zone and all owners and investors face exposure from flooding." ...

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 i… ...

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 i… ...

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 ...

Waterfront homes are a dream for many buyers, but they are more susceptible to flooding than homes located inland. Flood zones in the U.S. are designated by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management ...

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 ...

In about two weeks, more than 16,000 properties in Palm Beach County will be affected by changes FEMA made to flood maps. ... “Everybody of course in Florida is in a flood zone.

FEMA has added more homes in higher-risk flood zones to reflect the results of a new coastal engineering flood risk study for southeast Florida, covering Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe ...

JUPITER — Higher-risk flood zones are moving west, and more Palm Beach County homeowners will be required to purchase flood insurance in 2025 and beyond because of it. The Federal Emergency ...