Hurricane Sandy
Input Your Address To Find FEMA Base Flood Elevation
FEMA releases search engine allowing residents to learn more about base flood elevation
New "Advisory Base Flood Elevations" are now posted to this interactive map from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which the agency says should provide a post-Hurricane Sandy picture of flood risk as residents rebuild. Residents can input an address and see what the advisory base flood elevation is specific to that location, as FEMA updates its site. The interactive map aims to equip residents "with more precise information about the flood risk they face, allowing them to make more informed decisions to reduce their personal risk to life and property," announced FEMA in a recent statement. However, the figures are "advisory" and many towns — Manasquan included — are processing the advisories and have yet to pass local ordinances …
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charlie
8:48 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
I can't believe Silver Lake in Belmar doesn't have a flood area arouind it and Lake Como does. Both flooded blocks away from the lakes. more ›