Flooding In New Orleans Map

Flooding In New Orleans Map. New Orleans flooding during hurricane Katrina Vivid Maps A map on which the 100-year (1% annual chance) and 500-year (0.2% annual chance) floodplains, Base Flood Elevations, and risk premium zones (and floodway information on Map Initiatives FIRMs) are delineated to enable insurance agents to issue accurate flood insurance policies to homeowners in communities participating in the National Flood. Using The Map: Click on a point to view information about that item

Street flooding in New Orleans area See photos, videos after Monday
Street flooding in New Orleans area See photos, videos after Monday's from www.nola.com

FEMA provides the technology and relies on your community's leaders to share local knowledge and plans to make the maps as accurate as possible. Topographically, the city and its surrounding suburbs are largely below sea level and are entirely surrounded by levees, a manmade or natural wall that is built to prevent the overflow of a body of water.

Street flooding in New Orleans area See photos, videos after Monday's

And certain parts of the city are more likely to flood Update 6/1/2016: As you may have heard, FEMA finalized the City's new Flood Insurance Rate Maps March 30, 2016 Open the legend / layer control by clicking on the Legend tab on the left

Street flooding New Orleans Uptown. As the following figure demonstrates, river levels remained higher for longer periods of. Using The Map: Click on a point to view information about that item

Photos show eerie scene as torrential rains flood New Orleans. Currently, this includes reports of street flooding and traffic accidents from 911 calls. Update 6/1/2016: As you may have heard, FEMA finalized the City's new Flood Insurance Rate Maps March 30, 2016