Category Archives: flood damage

How To Find Your Home On FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps

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What are FEMA flood maps? FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) or just Flood Maps are provided after a flood risk assessment has been completed or updated for a community.  This study is known as a Flood Insurance Study.  The … Continue reading →

Flooding From Excessive Rain Downstream From Earth Dams

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The Daily Republic in South Dakota published an article that talks about an earthen dam that recently failed because of a nine-inch rainfall last 29th of July 2010. The heavy rainfall overwhelmed the dam’s capacity causing it to fail. No … Continue reading →