Checking your elevation in Google Maps can be useful for a variety of reasons, such as planning a hike to ensure you're prepared for the terrain, verifying the flood risk of an area, or simply ...

The flood forecast combines ground elevation data with models predicting river-level rises to mark areas on interactive maps that could submerge after rain, Glaudemans said. Lower lands start ...

A first-of-its-kind interactive map shows the sheer scale of ... peak water surface elevations from the flood. Brown showed how this elevation data, which is different than water depth, can ...

One of the most hazardous weather effects that Western New York can experience is floods. When we have excessive rain, water ...

It raised the base flood elevation for most of that area from 6 feet to 7 feet, according to the flood zone map. That means any new construction project in the zone must have a ground floor ...

The FEMA flood map indicates coastal areas of Fort Myers and Lee County are high-risk flood areas. You can find out if you live in a flood zone by using the FEMA interactive flood map. You can ...

(CBS12) — In about two weeks, more than 16,000 properties in Palm Beach County will be affected by changes FEMA made to flood maps ... where the base flood elevation got three feet higher ...