Once officially adopted, the maps will serve as the basis for flood insurance ... come after years of FEMA re-analyzing the geographic and topographical landscape of Michigan after a nonprofit ...

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.

A line on a Georgetown county map may affect current and future homeowners when disaster strikes. It's called the coastal "A" zone and it's traced in certain parts of the county. Limited to ...