Changes to the Florida Building Code and new floodplain maps will mean buildings in the state will have to be built at higher elevations. Nonresidential buildings will have to be built at 9.5 feet, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

New, updated floodplain maps in Florida’s St. Johns County will give residents a much better reading of their flood risk and give emergency management better insight into which areas may present ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...