West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new ...

Enacted on Dec. 20, new base flood elevation for Palm Beach Midtown may mean higher construction cost and flood insurance ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.

These areas carry at least a one-in-four chance of flooding during the lifespan of a 30-year mortgage, according to FEMA. Non-SFHAs, which are moderate- to low-risk areas shown on flood maps as ...