By Hannah Spence
Briny Breezes residents who want to renovate their mobile homes won’t be able to do much to them without also having to raise them higher to meet new FEMA flood elevation requirements.
Any upgrade that exceeds more than 50% of a mobi
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana signed off on flood management regulations to meet National Flood Insurance Program standards, which meant the town also had to revise its ordinance as it relates to mobile homes. On its first reading of the ordinance in N
On Nov. 8, Lantana’s public beach was scoured by a heavy storm. This shows the beach south of the Imperial House. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana’s public beach is sand-starved, and a plan spearheaded by the town of Palm Bea
By Dan Moffett
Like many South Florida municipalities, Manalapan is struggling to keep its building code in line with a fast-changing world.
A statewide construction boom, coupled with new flood elevation standards from the Federal Emergency Manageme
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan town officials have been busy huddling with engineers to try to figure out how to respond to newly released flood elevation standards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Town Manager Linda Stumpf said the new requi
Boca Raton will receive $2.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to defray the costs of cleaning up after Hurricane Irma.
The money will reimburse the city for collection and disposal of debris, FEMA said in a Dec. 23 release.
The city
By Mary Thurwachter
It’ll be a year in September since Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc in Lantana and so many other communities.
But this year, with the hurricane season already underway, the town is fortifying two of its buildings with the help of FEMA
By Mary Hladky
Four years after the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it was making the first changes to Palm Beach County flood maps in 30 years, it has released maps that are slated to go into effect on Oct. 5.
Property owners
By Tim Pallesen
Coastal cities are studying new flood maps to know how many residents will be paying much higher premiums for flood insurance.
Reforms to the federal flood insurance program raise premiums, phase out subsidies and call for a redrawing o
