The maps are being re-drawn for the first time in more than 30 years. Over time, flood risks change due to weather events, environmental changes, erosion, land use, and other factors.

Click here to use Manatee County’s evacuation level tool Know Your Flood Zone On March 27, 2024, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued new flood maps.

A Flood Zone indicates a property's risk for flooding from rain. But, Evacuation Zones are mapped by local emergency managers to identify areas that could be affected by storm surge.

Those issues have prompted discussion in Sarasota County about a need for stricter flood standards, and both Sarasota and Manatee counties are working to help create more precise flood zone maps ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, it's essential for residents to know if they live in an evacuation zone, ...

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs.

Streamline Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce the successful implementation of a cutting-edge real-time flood forecasting and early warning system, FloodWise, developed for the coastal fringe ...

There are several different types of flood zones, with the most common being zones A and V. Zone A is defined as being in a low-lying area and close to a body of water, like a lake.

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction. The ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - FEMA has changed the flood zone maps in Bay County for the first time since 2009. This went into effect this October, according to Bay County officials.

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Some residents are concerned after getting hit with an unexpected bill from FEMA. FEMA’s revised flood zone maps now have them in a flood zone, when they weren’t ...

These areas are between the limits of the base flood and the 0.2 percent annual chance (or 500-year) flood. Many "AE" zones around the city also expanded between the 2009 FIRM and the recent update.