Sentence examples for updated flood from inspiring English sources

The bill provides loans, grants and matching money for federal aid to help homeowners, businesses and local governments rebuild, and also provides for updated flood mapping.

Many decisions also require federal assistance, like updated flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that incorporate sea level rise, and agreement from dozens of public agencies and private partners that own transportation, energy, telecommunications and other infrastructure.

But the Federal Emergency Management Agency is releasing updated flood elevation maps that, especially for property owners near the beach, could mean some combination of higher flood insurance premiums, lower insurance coverage or the expense, perhaps $30,000, of raising their property.

Its data will also be used to update flood maps.

The assessment of those five levees is part of a nationwide effort to update flood maps, incorporating lessons learned from the flooding brought by Hurricane Katrina, said Terry Reuss Fell, regional chief of FEMA's floodplain management and insurance branch.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is updating flood hazard maps to assess present-day risks, but until the redrawn maps are finalized, and the rates revised, neither homeowners nor mortgage lenders can accurately estimate the affordability of future premiums.

The recovery has stalled as people debate whether it is worth it to rebuild their homes, and if so, how high they must raise them according to updated federal flood elevation maps.

Later in the day, the president made an unscheduled, 15-minute stop at a Massachusetts emergency center to meet with Gov. Deval Patrick and get updated on floods that have been plaguing New England in recent days.

More importantly, FEMA is updating the flood risk zones on the DFIRMs, which were found to be inadequate in projecting flood risk, such as the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in 1999.

Other homeowners were paying lower rates because the agency failed to update the flood maps, which did not do homeowners — or taxpayers, for that matter — any favors.

The city has done well to update its flood maps and raise the minimum construction elevation for new buildings by 1.1 metres, but the scheme is in its infancy and still at risk of stalling.