Risk Rating 2.0 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/risk-rating-2-0/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:08:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Risk Rating 2.0 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/risk-rating-2-0/ 32 32 103504436 Between a River and Ruin https://houstonnewmedia.org/between-a-river-and-ruin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=between-a-river-and-ruin Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:08:10 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42725 For residents of flood-prone areas such as Northpark South, only the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) stands between a river and ruin. But ironically, efforts to staunch financial hemhorraging are making NFIP flood insurance unaffordable for many with low incomes. That creates an uncertain future for developments and people in or near floodplains. Moreover, Congress […]

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]]> 701007 MAAPnext Offers Powerful Historical Flood Loss Visualization Tools https://houstonnewmedia.org/maapnext-offers-powerful-historical-flood-loss-visualization-tools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maapnext-offers-powerful-historical-flood-loss-visualization-tools Sat, 12 Mar 2022 19:44:36 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=31579 By accident, I stumbled across some powerful historical flood loss visualization tools on Harris County Flood Control’s MAAPnext site today. They can help you understand the capricious nature of storms as well as political claims about which neighborhoods flood the most. About MAAPnext In 2019, using two FEMA grants and Flood Bond money, Harris County […]

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]]> 272417 New Interactive Maps Show Flood Insurance Premium Changes With Risk Rating 2.0 https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-interactive-maps-show-flood-insurance-premium-changes-with-risk-rating-2-0/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-interactive-maps-show-flood-insurance-premium-changes-with-risk-rating-2-0 Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:10:04 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28495 Starting Oct. 1, FEMA’s new Risk Rating 2.0 will fundamentally change the way FEMA rates a property’s flood risk and prices insurance premiums. But to what extent will that affect premium changes in your area? To help answer that question, the American Society of Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and The Pew Charitable Trusts recently unveiled new interactive […]

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]]> 173891 Progress Report on New Flood Maps and Flood-Insurance-Risk Ratings https://houstonnewmedia.org/progress-report-on-new-flood-maps-and-flood-insurance-risk-ratings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=progress-report-on-new-flood-maps-and-flood-insurance-risk-ratings Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:50:07 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27052 On June 29, 2021, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) gave Commissioners an update on the progress of new flood maps and flood-insurance-risk ratings. The flood-map changes could become effective as early as late 2023. FEMA’s new Risk Rating 2.0 system for flood-insurance pricing will be phased in during the next few years. See details […]

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