Posts Tagged ‘flood’

Officials introduce new flood plain maps

Officials introduce new flood plain maps
Officials with Marshall County, the City of Holly Springs and the Town of Byhalia were in attendance Wednesday as state officials introduced the new flood plain maps and requirements.

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Feds to flood Belle River property owners with new designations

Feds to flood Belle River property owners with new designations
In what Michigan State Representative Phillip Pavlov called a “money grab”, Riley Township is about to be part of a rezoning that will cover all of St. Clair County.

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FEMA asks residents to consider flood insurance

FEMA asks residents to consider flood insurance
With another layer of snow building up throughout Eastern Iowa, FEMA is now telling people to consider flood insurance for when the thaw eventually hits.

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Claims flood in as insurers mop up burst pipes

Claims flood in as insurers mop up burst pipes
INSURERS are experiencing unprecedented levels of home insurance claims as households count the cost of burst pipes caused by recent icy weather.

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Operation consults Ulverston flood victims

Operation consults Ulverston flood victims
POLICE joined forces with partner agencies to visit Ulverston’s flood victims and find out how residents are coping since the November downpour.

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Interested Moorhead residents soak in flood info

Interested Moorhead residents soak in flood info
About 200 Moorhead residents filled many of the seats of the Hansen Theatre at Minnesota State University Moorhead on Tuesday night to hear city officials talk about what they have done and plan to do to protect the city from floods.

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Flood insurance being forced on waterfront homes

Flood insurance being forced on waterfront homes
Some waterfront property owners in the area are being hit with another expense — flood insurance.

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Cities say new FEMA flood maps are full of errors

Cities say new FEMA flood maps are full of errors
More than a year and a half after a massive flood left a huge swath of eastern Iowa underwater, the tiny farming community of Oakville is clinging to survival.

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Flood of claims lifts premiums

Flood of claims lifts premiums
PREMIUMS for car and home insurance are expected to rise sharply this year as insurers scramble to recover from a year of shrinking profits.

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Homeowners forced to buy flood insurance after FEMA redraws maps

Homeowners forced to buy flood insurance after FEMA redraws maps
It’s part of an ongoing effort to update the list of high-risk areas. But the changes have met with resistance from tens of thousands of Southern California residents now being forced to buy coverage. Tens of thousands of homeowners in Southern California are being forced to buy costly flood insurance because new maps issued by a federal agency say they live in a high-risk flood area.

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