Do You Know Your Home's True Flood Risk?
Do You Know Your Home's True Flood Risk?
Source: Reduce Flooding Blog - Bob Rehak
Date: 11/18/2024 5:29pm
Article Summary:
"Uncovering Your Home's True Flood Risk: The Limitations of FEMA Flood Maps"
In a recent article by National Geographic, author Meryl Davids Landau explores the shortcomings of FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), which fail to accurately predict flood risk for many homeowners. Landau highlights the work of experts like Sam Brody from Texas A&M, who have developed more comprehensive models that show three times more structures in the Texas Gulf Coast are at high risk of flooding than FEMA's hazard zones suggest. For prospective homebuyers, Landau recommends checking multiple sources for flood risk information, including FEMA, First Street Foundation's Risk Factor website, and the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas' Buyers Aware website.
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Date: 11/18/2024 5:29pm
Article Summary:
"Uncovering Your Home's True Flood Risk: The Limitations of FEMA Flood Maps"
In a recent article by National Geographic, author Meryl Davids Landau explores the shortcomings of FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), which fail to accurately predict flood risk for many homeowners. Landau highlights the work of experts like Sam Brody from Texas A&M, who have developed more comprehensive models that show three times more structures in the Texas Gulf Coast are at high risk of flooding than FEMA's hazard zones suggest. For prospective homebuyers, Landau recommends checking multiple sources for flood risk information, including FEMA, First Street Foundation's Risk Factor website, and the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas' Buyers Aware website.
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