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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. National Flood Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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    National Flood Insurance Program. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-448). The NFIP has two purposes: to share the risk of flood losses through flood insurance and to reduce flood damages by restricting floodplain ...

  4. Understanding FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 system for flood ... - AOL

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    FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 is a new rating system for NFIP flood insurance policies. The program rolled out in two phases. Phase one began October 1, 2021 and entailed new policies being subject to ...

  5. 100-year flood - Wikipedia

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    100-year flood. A 100-year flood is a flood event that has on average a 1 in 100 chance (1% probability) of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. [1] The 100-year flood is also referred to as the 1% flood. [2] For coastal or lake flooding, the 100-year flood is generally expressed as a flood elevation or depth, and may include wave effects.

  6. FEMA wants input on its new Morris County flood insurance ...

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    For more information, contact a FEMA map specialist by phone at 877-FEMA-MAP (877-336-2627) or by email atFEMA-FMIX@fema.dhs.gov. Timeline of Morris County process

  7. FEMA will unveil proposed new county floodplain maps Thursday

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    The new maps update the April 2010 maps. Flood Insurance Rate Maps show designated flood zones of high, moderate, and low flood risk. FEMA and mortgage lenders use these flood maps to help ...

  8. Flood - Wikipedia

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    Flood. Urban flooding in a street in Morpeth, England. A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. [1] In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health.

  9. Want to build a home in a flood-prone zone? NJ soon ... - AOL

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    The FEMA flood maps are frequently used in coastal communities as guidance for construction, due to their influence on flood insurance rates. ... Moving into compliance with FEMA flood-prevention ...

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