Languages: English. Maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can now show you whether the area you live in is at high risk from natural disasters and hazards. Created after U.S ...

MEANWHILE, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS SEEN ITS SHARE OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. NEW MAPS FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SHOW THE AREAS AS AT HIGHEST RISK. FEMA RATED ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently published its first National Risk Index ... counties’ potential vulnerability to natural disasters. Unfortunately for Angelenos, Los Angeles ...

Recognizing this, officials are taking significant steps to update and improve flood risk maps nationwide ... implement solutions to prevent future disasters. These lessons underscore the ...

"Orange" areas indicate relatively high risk and "red" on the map shows areas of very high ... funding to better prepare them for the next natural disaster. Dr. Kate Wilkin, a San Jose State ...

Limited funding has made it hard for states to keep their wildfire risk maps up to date ... including major disasters that have fueled billions of dollars in losses and heightened public attention ...

Natural disasters are often unexpected and can ... that will affect your properties using sources like FEMA flood maps, wildfire risk zones, earthquake fault line data and historical property ...

The Federal Emergency Management Association creates a map of its National Risk Index, a measure of how vulnerable each area in the country is to different types of natural disasters. The risk ...

The map breaks down the types of disasters by census tract and compares ... California, Oregon and Washington are often states that face wildfire risk and related poor air quality for weeks ...