Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.

A line on a Georgetown county map may affect current and future homeowners when disaster strikes. It's called the coastal "A" zone and it's traced in certain parts of the county. Limited to ...

“The area has a 1% chance of major flooding, as defined by FEMA flood zone mapping,” said Dacil ... Several city officials said federal floodplain maps for Paterson are antiquated and include ...