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Outdated FEMA flood maps labeled thousands of North Carolina ... Williams says she would have acted differently during Helene had she known the risk. “It’s 2024—the technology is there ...
Only about 2% of residences in the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene-related ... not cover the risk of flooding,” said Trevor Burgess, the CEO of Neptune Flood, who lives in St ...
Collier County is under a local state of emergency as Tropical Storm Helene ... flood event. There's at least a one in four chance of flooding within a 30-year mortgage Marked as A or V on flood ...
Helene, a Category 4 hurricane, brought unprecedented rainfall, storm surges and coastal flooding to vulnerable ... First, FEMA's flood maps, which determine whether a homeowner is required ...
When Kriston Hicks first got an alert of a flash flood emergency at ... risk of life-threatening flooding” along the Tennessee-North Carolina border as Helene moved through.
Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...
FEMA’s maps underplay risks everywhere, but especially in mountainous regions like rural North Carolina and Tennessee where Helene unleashed the most catastrophic flooding.When the research ...