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2. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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   A flood insurance rate map ( FIRM) is an official map of a community within the United States that displays the floodplains, more explicitly special hazard areas and risk premium zones, as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [1] The term is used mainly in the United States but similar maps exist in many other countries ...

3. Great Flood of 1862 - Wikipedia

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   Great Flood of 1862. The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.

4. Floods in California - Wikipedia

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   December 1861 – January 1862: California's Great Flood. Beginning on December 24, 1861, and lasting for 45 days, the largest flood in California's recorded history occurred, reaching full flood stage in different areas between January 9–12, 1862. The entire Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys were inundated for 300 miles (480 km), averaging ...

5. Standardized Natural Hazards Disclosure Statement - Wikipedia

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   The Natural Hazards Disclosure Act, under Sec. 1103 of the California Civil Code, [1] states that real estate seller and brokers are legally required to disclose if the property being sold lies within one or more state or locally mapped hazard areas. The law specifies that the six (6) required hazards be disclosed on a statutory form called the ...

6. Blue Zones Project Bakersfield focusing on city's dismal ...

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   Oct. 4—Citing "staggering statistics" when it comes to pedestrian fatalities in Bakersfield, the local Blue Zones Project is joining an ongoing effort to make Bakersfield a safer place for ...

7. Study finds more people are moving into high flood zones ...

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   Far more people are in harm's way as they move into high flood zones across the globe, adding to an increase in watery disasters from climate change, a new study said. Since 1985, the number of ...