The Role of Climate Change in Redrawing Maps Climate change has emerged as a significant factor in flood risk assessment. Rising global temperatures lead to more intense storms, unpredictable ...

The maps are intended to give a snapshot in time of flood risks. FEMA began its Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning program in 2009 and released its first map for Clatsop County under the ...

The FIRM maps have extensive problems ... When the research organization First Street developed its own national flood-risk assessments, “the place where we found the biggest discrepancies ...

"This new dataset will improve NOAA's current flood-risk assessment tools and help scientists ... will help make coastal flood inundation mapping more robust. NOAA plans to release Coastal Ocean ...

and even nearby construction projects can put you at risk for flood damage. Indiana has a floodplain map accessible to the public that can create a Floodplain Analysis and Regulatory Assessment ...

Unlike First Street, a research and consulting group that offers climate-based risk assessments to companies and governments, FEMA is charged with mapping and regulating flood zones for the public.