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  1. @john @augieray FEMA has made progress making the flood insurance system more equitable in 2022. It's called Risk Rating 2.0, but it is causing a lot of controversy in FLA as some people can't afford their new higher rates. #FEMA #FloodInsurance
    nar.realtor/flood-insurance/na
    pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-

  2. 100-year flood (Hydrology 💧)

    A 100-year flood is a flood event that has on average a 1 in 100 chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The 100-year flood is also referred to as the 1% flood. For coastal or lake flooding, the 100-year flood is generally expressed as a flood elevation or depth, and may include wave effects. For river systems, ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100-year

    #100YearFlood #Hydrology #FloodControl #FloodInsurance #ActuarialScience #ExtremeValueData

  3. FEMA announces big insurance rate cut for Miami-Dade, but it won’t affect many municipalities :

    The County is planning $1 billion in stormwater projects over the next several decades – and Criswell said other communities should follow the County’s example. 
    #CRS #DaniellaLevineCava #DeanneCriswell #featured #FEMA #Floodinsurance #JeremyGauger #stormwater
    #Miam

    kbindependent.org/2024/01/12/f

  4. Just hours before a potential #GovernmentShutdown, #Republicans & #Democrats in the #Senate passed a 45-day #ContinuingResolution w/ #DisasterRelief funds, an extension of a federal #FloodInsurance program & #FAA reauthorization — but no #Ukraine #aid. Saturday’s passage in the #Senate ended a weeks-long #House debate over govt #funding…. The #Senate eventually ditched its own #stopgap #bill to pass a #House version.

    The Senate vote was 88-9.

  5. #House passes short-term funding bill w/ hours until #GovernmentShutdown

    Just hours before a potential govt #shutdown, #Republicans & #Democrats reached a deal in the House that includes a 45-day #ContinuingResolution w/ #DisasterRelief funds, an extension of a federal #FloodInsurance prgm & #FAA reauthorization — but no #Ukraine #aid.
    
Unclear where things stand in the #Senate, where a procedural vote on the chamber’s #stopgap measure had yet to be called.

    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  6. "Reeling from four hurricanes in 2020 & 2021 that caused $23 billion in damage, #Louisiana is undergoing an #insurance calamity that is harming the state’s economy and even reducing its population."

    “If you look at where the costs end up, some monstrous proportion of the city would be unable to reasonably afford #FloodInsurance,” said Feldbaum. “And not by a small margin, but where it's just completely beyond the average households’ ability to pay the average #premium.”

    bloomberg.com/news/articles/20