SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 25 ... For decades, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), commonly known as flood zones, as a tool for ...

CANTON– St. Lawrence County residents have until the end of April to comment on changes being made to federal maps that ...

CANTON—Federally-made maps that define flood zones in Canton do not cover some areas known to flood, town Code Enforcement ...

Floods have long been a concern for many communities across the United States. With climate change intensifying weather ...

The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate risk, said Cal Fire. These maps are intended to “drive local planning decisions, not insurance decisions." ...

An interactive flood map ... the warning zone stretching as far inland as Lewisham Station. Meanwhile, Greenwich Peninsula is particularly vulnerable, with the NASA climate map highlighting ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

SALT LAKE CITY — Jeremiah Lafranca, the executive director of the American Red Cross Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter, left Salt Lake City Monday to go help victims of flooding in Kentucky.

Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires.

“Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps evaluate ‘hazard,’ not ‘risk’,” the fire marshal’s office said. “They are like flood zone maps, where lands are described in terms of the ...