The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, it's essential for residents to know if they live in an evacuation zone, ...

FEMA flood claims in Florida since 2000 Claims rise in the wake of major hurricanes, and additional development in those hurricane-prone spots also drives the number of claims up.

Image courtesy of Miami Herald. Experts stress those figures are almost certainly significant undercounts. That’s because, even in the low-lying hurricane magnet of Florida, only a small percentage of ...

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new flood maps — which newly place thousands of South Florida homes i… ...

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new flood maps — which newly place thousands of South Florida homes i… ...

In Palm Beach County alone, more than 16,000 properties have been impacted. Many have been told they have an increase in required base flood elevation of 1 foot or more.

Most of GCSC and Florida State University Panama City are also now within a flood hazard zone. Most of the new affected areas in Panama City fall within an "X500" zone.

A screenshot of Panama City's updated flood zone map as of Oct. 25, 2024. The new flood zone map pushes flooding threats further inland from the coast compared to the 2009 Flood Insurance Rate Map.

Figure 2: FEMA flood zone map definitions: The dashed red line is the 1% inundation level, and the dashed blue line is the base flood elevation (BFE). The VE Zone is defined as a coastal high hazard ...

Residents living in boats, RVs, mobile homes, and low-lying flood-prone areas throughout the county are also required to evacuate. Three storm shelters will open at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, to ...