Editorial: Seven years too long for updated flood maps | Press-Register Commentary - al.com

Editorial: Seven years too long for updated flood maps | Press-Register Commentary - al.com: "FEMA CONTINUES to neglect coastal Alabama by dawdling on compiling new flood maps.

After Hurricane Katrina and later Hurricane Rita devastated coastal Mississippi and Louisiana in 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made updated flood maps a priority for those states.


In the aftermath of historic storm surges, urgent questions included whether new buildings should be higher off the ground and whether the occupants should be required to buy flood insurance (a FEMA program)."