Brigantine municipal officials recently received guidelines regarding the new FEMA Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps. The following information is based on these guidelines. Prior to Sandy, FEMA was ...

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. The Dec ...

FEMA is releasing $6 million to the Town of Fort Myers Beach for 25 homes to be raised at a minimum of two feet above base flood elevation. “This grant will fund the provision of flood protection to ...

According to the Congressional Budget Office, over 9% of properties in the United States are at risk of flooding. When disaster strikes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is in charge ...

“There are new definitions in this ordinance that go along with this zoning flood elevation,” McCrosson said. Ordinance 12-19 also changes the definition of building height for residences to the ...

With all the festivity of the holidays, you may not have noticed a recent distressing occurrence in your mailbox. While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 20, FEMA updated its flood zone maps, increasing the base flood elevation for a large swath of Palm Beach's Midtown.

With all the festivity of the holidays, you may not have noticed a recent distressing occurrence in your mailbox. While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida homeowners received ...