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Municipal leaders urge coordinated flood planning as FEMA remaps Montgomery County floodplains
Summary
Municipal officials asked the county for coordinated flood planning after council members and staff reported 39 floods in the prior year and warned that FEMA's remapping will place additional properties in the floodplain, potentially increasing flood-insurance requirements.
Municipal leaders at Montgomery County's annual meeting with the Maryland Municipal League pressed county officials for a coordinated approach to flood planning as the county prepares for updated FEMA floodplain maps.
"FEMA is currently redoing up all the flood plain maps for Montgomery County," Dennis said, warning that more properties may be newly mapped into the floodplain and therefore could be required to purchase flood…
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