New Policy Links Reconstruction Dollars to Advisory Flood Elevations

This structure was mitigated to protect against floods and high winds. Few structures on the coast of Mississippi were mitigated prior to Hurricane Katrina. FEMA/Mark Wolfe

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging building back stronger and safer after major disasters in communities nationwide. FEMA announced today that FEMA-funded mitigation and public infrastructure recovery projects – including those in heavily impacted areas of the Gulf Coast region – are to be tied to new, higher floodplain elevations updated by FEMA using the most accurate flood risk data available. (Read more)

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 05-Apr-2006 17:53:39 EDT