FEMA Flood Maps Don’t Account for Future Sea Level Rise

Jonathan Crowe — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:28:23 +0000

NPR last month, reporting on a problem with FEMA’s flood insurance maps: they’re not keeping up with reality. “FEMA’s insurance maps are based on past patterns of flooding. Future sea level rise—which is expected to create new, bigger flood zones—is not factored in. So some communities are doing the mapping themselves. Like Annapolis, the state capital of Maryland.” [Leventhal]

sea level – The Map Room

FEMA Flood Maps Don’t Account for Future Sea Level Rise