A map finally passed muster. It’s not necessarily the map. But it is a map. And it is the first map that the Orange County Mid-Decennial Redistricting Advisory Committee has accepted for consideration ...

Wild weather strikes again in Orange County. On Memorial Day, lightning sparked a house fire in Waterford Lakes. Just another mile away, a neighbor captured a waterspout on camera. Orange County Fire ...

Dismissing efforts to elevate storm-damaged homes in Florida could raise flood insurance premiums for thousands of homeowners.

Cape Canaveral will host its firs Hurricane Expo, an all-day event to learn about storm preparedness. You can learn your ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Marilyn Mendez Arnett lives in an area of Tampa currently considered a ‘non-flood zone’ by FEMA, but that could change as the federal agency reports flood maps are under ...

Atlantic hurricane season approaches, federal and university forecasters are urging residents to prepare for what could be ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used ... in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County lost an average of four percent of their value in 2009 following their added designation in a flood zone, another ...

Fischetti had unwittingly waded into one of the murkiest secrets in the Florida real estate market: The rules and laws surrounding disclosure of previous flooding — a growing risk driven by rising ...

For decades, Florida ... they’re in a flood zone and need mandatory federal insurance. Those policies, and how much you pay for them, are based on FEMA’s well-known flood maps.

Using city, county and state mapping tools, most area home owners can determine which type of flood zone they ... the blue and orange button in the upper-left corner of the map, users can generate ...

Three years ago, as Hurricane Ian dropped nearly 18 inches of water on Central Florida, flooding from Shingle Creek left hundreds of Osceola County residents stranded. Now Orange County is ...