A "100-year flood" means a 1% chance of that level ... including: Checking FEMA flood maps and assessing home insurance coverage regularly. Preparing emergency kits and evacuation plans ...

a statistical calculation that helps the government determine floodplain maps, marking the boundary where there's a 1% chance of flooding in any single given year within an average period of 100 ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100 ... year floods. Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a flood ...

FEMA now treats Great Lakes as freshwater seas by JACKSON PARR, climate hazards planning educator, University of ...

landowners and developers have been applying in record numbers to have the federal government redraw the 100-year floodplain map to exclude their properties. So far in 2003, 61 properties that ...

The map added about 650 residential properties ... are required to purchase flood insurance for properties in the 100-year flood zone. “The bulk of the law lays out the duties of the floodplain ...

“This legislation would set the boundaries for the 100- and 500-year ... now includes the updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps going into effect later this year. The map adds about 650 residential ...