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FEMA Announces $7 Million For New Flood Maps
April 3, 2009
As rivers in North Escambia were flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday that they were awarding nearly $7 million in grants to improve flood maps in Northwest Florida.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing $6,954,000 in federal funds toward the total project cost of $9,499,164 million. The resulting maps will be even more reliable, updated and current digital products. These updated Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), track actual risk more closely and assist new development and rebuilding efforts.
The water management district’s Floodplain Mapping Program will update the the maps for Escambia, Bay Gulf, Leon, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties.
“With these funds, our partners in Florida can update flood risk maps so that they more accurately reflect recent development and natural changes in the environment,” said FEMA Regional Administrator Phil May. “The new maps make communities safer for years to come by helping home and business owners assess their flood risk and make informed decisions about protecting property from the risk of flood loss.”
For information on flooding, flood maps for your location and information on flood insurance, click here.
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3 Responses to “FEMA Announces $7 Million For New Flood Maps”
Just send up a chopper and take pictures of the area now while everything is flooded. Would cost a lot less money to the taxpayer. Oops.I forgot that would be to easy and cheap for the Feds and the county. 7 million for maps that is outrageous. The price we pay for our elected officials we should have better minds in there than we have. Need to be in the map making bussiness that is where the money is LOL. Don’t you know.
Insurance Companies don’t issue coverage based on your “common sense” either.
A map cannot replace common sense.