Below, zoom in on your part of the U.S. to see how much of your area would have flooded if it had a similar elevation ... see the flood extent in your area, click and drag on the map until ...

“Mandeville is the most flood-adapted, retrofitted community on the planet right now,” Scott said. But elevation is expensive. Just a small house costs $150,000 to raise. And most of the ...

In the second map offered ... a similar elevation. Note that the blue outline only shows flooding in New Orleans proper; additional flooding occurred in certain suburbs. To see the flood extent ...