January 30, 2012
General Comments On Flood Mapping Residual Risk Areas Behind Levees
By News Editor
LEVEE ASSESSMENT MAPPING PROCESS (LAMP) ASFPM COMMENTS—FINAL GENERAL COMMENTS ON FLOOD MAPPING RESIDUAL RISK AREAS BEHIND LEVEES As a matter of national policy, the NFIP must view levees and dams as temporary features that have temporary effects on the nation’s floodplains. A levee which is designed to contain a given flood, such as the 100-year…
January 29, 2012
Gays Mills, a community relocation out of the floodplain
By News Editor
The Village of Gays Mills was struck by back-to-back floods in August 2007 and June 2008. Both flood events were greater than 500-year flood events, which resulted in substantial losses to residences and businesses within the Village. With these devastating floods occurring so close together, the Village began earnestly considering the possibility of relocating the…
January 16, 2012
Flood risk perception in lands “protected” by 100-year levees
By News Editor
Natural Hazards DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0072-6 Flood risk perception in lands “protected” by 100-year levees Jessica Ludy and G. Matt Kondolf Under the US National Flood Insurance Program, lands behind levees certified as protecting against the 100-year flood are considered to be out of the officially recognized “floodplain.” However, such lands are still vulnerable to flooding that…