FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can ...

Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.

FEMA revamps flood insurance risk assessment; national flood insurance rates could skyrocket. Oct 04, 2021, 12:45pm Updated on Oct 04, 2021. By: News 12 Staff.

FEMA is anticipated to open a 90-day public appeal and comment period in the winter where property owners can formally ...

Homeowners across New Jersey who carry national flood insurance could see rates skyrocket as the Federal Emergency Management Agency revamps its risk assessment following a summer of devastating ...

Risk Rating 2.0 was built to achieve greater equity through improved accuracy. FEMA Risk Rating 2.0 rates were not expected to dramatically change for most current policyholders. From 1996 to 2019 ...

FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, which insures $1.25 trillion in assets, relies on these maps to assess risk, set premiums and determine who is required to purchase flood insurance.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - FEMA plans to change how flood insurance rates are calculated and rainfall will be part of the equation. GNO, Inc., which leads a national coalition that is pushing to make ...