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 ...

Before buying a house in a flood zone, it’s important to know the risks and costs involved — especially with the increase in ...

Flood insurance in Florida costs an average of $853 per year for a ... You can check your home's flood zone using the FEMA flood map tool. Enter the address and a map will pop up showing your house ...

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.