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- Flood Maps http://flood.firetree.net/ 27 comments
- Flood Maps: Interactive map of rising sea levels http://flood.firetree.net/ 2 comments
- EU takes Greece to court over failure to update flood risk maps • It was the only EU member country not to comply. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-takes-greece-to-court-over-failure-to-update-flood-risk-maps/ 39 comments greece
- America underwater: Extreme floods expose the flaws in FEMA’s risk maps https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2022/fema-flood-risk-maps-failures/?itid=gfta&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjQ5NzgxMjU3IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY3MDQyNDMyMSwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY3MTYzMzkyMSwiaWF0IjoxNjcwNDI0MzIxLCJqdGkiOiJiOWQxZWQ3MS0zMzk3LTRkMGYtOTMyOC1hN2JhM2Y0MGU4ODciLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vY2xpbWF0ZS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC9pbnRlcmFjdGl2ZS8yMDIyL2ZlbWEtZmxvb2Qtcmlzay1tYXBzLWZhaWx1cmVzLyJ9.w9WVZwvxGznzeFSYUvND28Xb3hGyOJpbMMDdyAztwwY 18 comments politics
- Studies Sound Alarm on "Badly Out-of-Date" FEMA Flood Maps: The billions of dollars needed to update the maps would be offset by the flood damage avoided, experts say. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/studies-sound-alarm-on-badly-out-of-date-fema-flood-maps/ 5 comments environment
- Climate Change Has Made Existing Flood Maps Outdated, Admits FEMA Director https://gizmodo.com/climate-change-fema-flood-maps-1849500736 6 comments environment
- US flood maps outdated thanks to climate change, Fema director says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/04/fema-flood-maps-climate-change-georgia-floods 12 comments climate
- US flood maps outdated thanks to climate change, Fema director says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/04/fema-flood-maps-climate-change-georgia-floods 3 comments environment
- Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial sites https://theconversation.com/flood-maps-show-us-vastly-underestimates-contamination-risk-at-old-industrial-sites-186620 10 comments environment
- New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark https://theconversation.com/new-flood-maps-show-us-damage-rising-26-in-next-30-years-due-to-climate-change-alone-and-the-inequity-is-stark-175958 10 comments environment
- Army of millionaires flood Senate map in cash https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/24/millionaires-flood-senate-cash-00000895 51 comments politics
- London flood map shows areas of city at risk of being underwater within 10 years https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-flooding-risk-map-areas-underwater-10-years-b950199.html 10 comments europe
- Flood Maps Don’t Convince Coastal Residents https://www.fastcompany.com/90461819/even-looking-at-flood-maps-cant-convince-coastal-residents-their-homes-will-be-underwater?amp%3Butm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&%3Butm_content=rss&%3Butm_medium=feed&%3Butm_source=rss&partner=rss 7 comments climate
- What Bengaluru needs now: flood zone maps to help buyers http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/what-bengaluru-needs-now-flood-zone-maps-to-help-buyers 10 comments india
- Flood Maps: Water Rises! Are You Ready? http://climatefluctuation.blogspot.com/2007/04/flood-maps-what-will-happen-when-waters.html 7 comments reddit.com
- Bill to allow Indiana counties to use outdated flood maps passes state House https://www.wboi.org/2023-04-17/bill-to-allow-indiana-counties-to-use-outdated-flood-maps-passes-state-house 40 comments moderatepolitics
- Bill to allow Indiana counties to use outdated flood maps passes state House https://www.wboi.org/2023-04-17/bill-to-allow-indiana-counties-to-use-outdated-flood-maps-passes-state-house 37 comments politics
- [OC] Nearly 16 million people in Nigeria and a quarter of Nigeria's GDP are currently exposed to 1-in-100-year flood threats (interactive maps in comments) https://www.datawrapper.de/_/L6hG5 16 comments dataisbeautiful
- House Democrats retrench as GOP money floods the map https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/14/house-democrats-face-painful-choices-as-gop-money-bomb-buckles-the-map-00061812 9 comments politics
- Flooding in urban areas cost Americans more than $106 billion between 1960 and 2016, damaging property, disrupting businesses and claiming lives in the process. New research outlines a simplified, cost-effective method for developing flood maps that reflects the uncertainty in flood predictions. https://news.uga.edu/new-flood-maps-clarify-the-risk-homeowners-face/ 4 comments science
- 'Climate Floods. Climate Droughts. Climate Fires': Interactive Map Illustrates How Planetary Crisis Threatens Every Corner of US https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/18/climate-floods-climate-droughts-climate-fires-interactive-map-illustrates-how 3 comments worldnews
- '100-year' floods will happen every 1 to 30 years, according to new flood maps https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/pues-fw082219.php 20 comments science
- India Today used map of Africa to report on Kerala flood situation [NP] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ebm1bxevuaajfko.jpg 7 comments india
- FEMA maps lack up-to-date information on flood risk https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-04-08/fema-maps-lack-date-information-flood-risk 4 comments politics
- FEMA Grounds Private Drones That Were Helping To Map Boulder Floods, Threatens To Arrest Operators http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130916/11503024532/fema-grounds-private-drones-helping-them-assess-boulder-flooding-because-reasons.shtml 755 comments technology
- NASA Photos Bring Millions of Galaxies and Asteroids Down to Earth. NASA has unveiled a flood of photos showing millions galaxies, stars and asteroids photographed by a prolific sky-mapping telescope. http://www.space.com/11402-nasa-photos-wise-telescope-millions-galaxies.html 13 comments space
- Trump proposed eliminating FEMA flood mapping system and rescinded EO to raise standards for federally funded flood infrastructure. http://www.npr.org/2017/08/29/547099667/trumps-proposed-budget-cuts-could-undermine-harvey-relief-efforts 26 comments politics
- New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-01-17/new-sea-level-rise-maps-show-hidden-flood-risk-in-bay-area 8 comments climate
- Studies Sound Alarm on “Badly Out-of-Date” FEMA Flood Maps. U.S government must spend up to $12 billion to improve the nation’s flood maps and should do more to steer development out of flood-prone areas, according to two recent studies that warn about increasing flood damage from climate change. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/studies-sound-alarm-on-badly-out-of-date-fema-flood-maps/ 5 comments science
- Even looking at flood maps can’t convince coastal residents their homes will be underwater - Republican homeowners had the strongest negative responses to the maps. https://www.fastcompany.com/90461819/even-looking-at-flood-maps-cant-convince-coastal-residents-their-homes-will-be-underwater 50 comments environment
- 'Sea-level rise won't affect my house' – even flood maps don't sway Florida coastal residents https://theconversation.com/sea-level-rise-wont-affect-my-house-even-flood-maps-dont-sway-florida-coastal-residents-130433 9 comments climate
- Trump's cut to flood map program could trigger insurance rate hikes: group http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-iduskbn16r2ft 7 comments politics
- Global Flood Map - Google Maps based projections of the effect of rising sea levels around the world http://globalfloodmap.org/ 12 comments science
- Sea Level Flood Maps - Interactive Maps of Hypothetical Sea Rise Effects http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=40.7499,-73.9857&z=5 3 comments reddit.com
- Houses in flood zones in the US are currently overvalued by a total of $43.8 billion based on information in publicly available flood hazard maps, raising concerns about the stability of real estate markets as climate risks become more severe. https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2003374118 2153 comments science
- Maps of Europe predict scale of climate catastrophe | A series of detailed maps have laid bare the scale of possible forest fires, floods, droughts and deluges that Europe could face by the end of the century without urgent action to adapt to and confront global heating, according to the EEA https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/10/fires-floods-maps-europe-climate-catastrophe 25 comments worldnews
- Whole of England to be mapped with lasers to tackle flooding and illegal waste dumps - Data is to be made public to archaeologists, urban planners and even gamers http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/england-mapped-lasers-flooding-waste-dumps-a8134156.html 34 comments worldnews
- JNU research body finds Kerala government's 'casual attitude' responsible for floods. It said dam safety regulations assisted by flood inundation maps and Early Action Plan (EAP) were ignored. http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/oct/26/jnu-research-body-finds-kerala-governments-casual-attitude-responsible-for-floods-1890463.html 4 comments india
- FBI Investigates FEMA Flood Map Changes After NBC News Report - "FBI agents are interviewing employees at FEMA in an investigation of unusual changes in federal flood insurance maps that benefited oceanfront condo buildings with a history of flooding". http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/fbi-investigates-fema-flood-map-changes-after-nbc-news-report-n62906 17 comments politics
- Animated map of Europe throughout the last ice age. The brown bits indicate landmass that was flooded due to melting glaciers. The British Isles used to be connected to the mainland. http://icemap.rhewlif.xyz/ 3 comments europe