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Evaluation of CRS Credited Activities During Hurricane Floyd
Following Hurricane Floyd, FEMA funded a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a variety of flood mitigation activities that had been implemented in North Carolina. The results of that study are now available in the report, "Evaluation of CRS Credited Activities During Hurricane Floyd."
National Hydrological Assessment Flood Threat Map
This map is intended to depict locations where hydrometeorological conditions either enhance the
potential for flooding or make it less likely. It is possible that local conditions could vary from those shown on the map. National Weather Service offices in the area of interest should be consulted for more detailed or specific information on local conditions.
Are Flood Warnings Futile?
Flood warnings often don't work well and too frequently fail completely - and this despite great effort by the responsible authorities. This paper examines flood warnings and offers several policy, practice, and research suggestions.
Map Service Center's Online Access to National Flood Insurance Program Products
This site is just one of a suite of online services planned to expedite the dissemination of FEMA's flood map and insurance products that support FEMA, its customers, and the user community. MSC products include: Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM), Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Flood Insurance Study reports (FIS reports), Digital Q3 flood data, Community Status Book, Flood Map Status Information Service (FMSIS), Letters of Map Change (LOMCs), and NFIP Insurance.
Technical Mapping Advisory Council Final Report
This is the final report of FEMA's Technical Mapping Advisory Council, encapsulating 5 years of work by a council created by Congress through the 1994 National Flood Insurance Reform Act. The following recommendations are deemed by Council consensus as the most important:
- Acquiring additional financial and technical resources for map programs;
- Building constituent interest and public support for modernizing the mapping program using a process that includes public education and public outreach;
- Building partnerships among various Federal, State, and local governments, universities, and the private sector to accomplish NFIP objectives; and
- Creating a fully digital environment for floodplain mapping and all related information.
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