The analysis, published in the journal Earth's Future, found that over 840,000 new residential properties were built in the floodplain across the U.S. with about 398,000 of those built in Florida ...

Forty percent of Florida’s developable land is in floodplains. South Florida alone accounted for 124,090 residential properties developed on 34,560 acres of floodplain land between 2001 and 2019 ...

Hurricane Ian caused widespread flooding across Central Florida.A good number of homeowners saying they didn't even consider flood insurance based on the available flood maps.

Now, Florida faces more flooding as ... That is substantially more territory than 221,000 square miles included in FEMA maps of the 100-year floodplain, according to the university.

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Over two-million acres of floodplain development occurred in U.S. in last two decades, study finds Roughly half of all residential floodplain development in U.S. was built in Florida ...

The US is finally curbing floodplain development, new research shows “Routine municipal practices” are all it takes, but two problem states are defying the trend.

The City of Indianapolis has this floodplains map, launched in 2015, that is consistently updated to show waterways.. Living near a waterway increases the likelihood of being in a flood zone, but ...

Seminole County officials are in the process of updating their floodplain maps in the western part of the county. ... READ: Data shows 65 people died during boating accidents in Florida last year.

The draft of a proposed new floodplain map for the Silver Creek area would take some property out of the boundaries currently classified as high risk for floods, but add ...

New county floodplain maps released with preliminary revisions. Published 12:01 am Friday, May 12, 2023. By Charlie Drape.

Over two-million acres of floodplain development occurred in U.S. in last two decades, study finds Roughly half of all residential floodplain development in U.S. was built in Florida ...