A confirming voice that the 2026 hurricane season is expected to be below average, a Sarasota waterfront park gets a big flood resilience upgrade, and a Manatee County coastal neighborhood showcases a new storm-ready …
FEMA’s on-again, off-again tougher flood rebuilding standard for federally funded projects is now halted once again. Effective March 25, 2025, FEMA stopped implementing floodplain management requirements under the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Policy 206-24-005 …
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) recently launched its much anticipated Elevate Florida program, the first residential mitigation program of its kind in the Sunshine State. FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie alluded to …
As Floridians scramble to rebuild after an eventful 2024 hurricane season, they’ll want to start several feet above flood level. Elevating homes above the base flood elevation – the level of high water in a so-called …
I attended the National Flood Conference earlier this month where almost 2,000 industry professionals continued the conversations from last year and years before about flooding and current key issues of mutual interest and concern. I had the opportunity to address …
Reinsurance pricing at the June 1 renewals was thankfully flat with some decreases, Southwest Florida communities have resubmitted critical data to FEMA hoping to keep their federal flood insurance discounts, Florida insurance regulators …
A new resolution is introduced to help off-set federal flood insurance price hikes, HUD sets a new two-foot flood standard for homes, and Pinellas County sees upward of a 40% decrease in the cost of its …
A series of regular meetings over recent weeks between FEMA and five Southwest Florida governments has helped clear up some of the confusion and miscommunication that local officials say led to FEMA’s …
When it comes to mitigating flood risk, the brunt of the construction, management and administration falls to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect communities from extreme events. Levees, dams, floodwalls, floodgates and even hurricane barriers …
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and Fannie Mae have developed version 2.0 of their Resilience Incentivization Roadmap – a rigorous study on mitigation investment, and an FAMU-FSU researcher is leading a team to …
