Haiti is Not Katrina

FEMA ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE MITIGATION PLANS May 6, 2014 The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently revised the mitigation planning regulations reducing the frequency of required updates for State Mitigation Plans from once every three years to once every five years, according to a May 6 FEMA bulletin. The revision announced April…

Center for Neighborhood Technology collecting flood stories to help support Urban Flooding Awareness Act Legislation In an effort to urge Congress to support the Urban Flooding Awareness Act, the Center for Neighborhood Technology/Rain Ready is asking for stories from home and business owners who have suffered flood damage. The Urban Flooding Awareness Act is aimed…

FEMA releases updated Special Flood Hazard Determination Form Go here to see the updated form. “There aren’t really any changes that I see that would affect floodplain managers,” ASFPM Flood Insurance Committee Co-chair Bruce Bender said. “But here are a few highlights of minor changes to note.” Section I, Box 2: Collateral description does not…

FEMA Risk MAP Program unveiled July 28 a redesigned FEMA Flood Map Service Center. A streamlined design and interface, significant technical improvements, and a set of new user features allows an intuitive and user-friendly source of information for the general public, and a powerful flood hazard product portal for those working in flood insurance, hazard…

Floods are the nation’s most frequent and costly natural hazard, resulting in more Presidential Disaster Declarations than any other type of disaster, and destabilizing local and regional economies. The vast destruction on the Colorado Front Range and northeast Plains from the recent September flooding is devastating, but may be a harbinger of what we can…