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Access high-resolution, interactive flood maps and understand the risk of flooding for properties in Warren County, OH as well as flood prevention.
- Flooding 'Our Biggest risk' Say Central Ohio Emergency Management Officials
- Forecasting Record Rainfall Is Challenging For Meteorologists
- Recovery Happens More Quickly Where Flood Insurance Is Available
Local officials have since been asked: Could it happen here? "Anybody, anywhere," said Sean Grady, director of the Licking County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. "You could be living on the side of a hill, and there's the potential for mud slides. You start looking at the potential for all the bad things that can happen to you...
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Wilmingtonhave been discussing the Tennessee disaster and wondering whether anything more could have been done to warn folks and save lives. "That amount of loss of life and destruction, it's not something that we see," said Seth Binau, science and operations officer at the service. Forecasting reco...
Three decades ago, in the village of Shadyside in Belmont County in eastern Ohio, three inches of rain fell within two hours. The wall of water and flooding that resulted killed 26 people. That June 14, 1990, event and recovery efforts that followed were hampered by poor communication among emergency services and eventually inspired the state to bu...
The Flood Inundation Mapper allows users to explore the full set of inundation maps that shows where flooding would occur given a selected stream condition. Users can also access historical flood information and potential loss estimates based on the severity of the flood.
Aug 4, 2021 · Satellite imagery for the period 2000–2018 reveals that population growth was greater in flood-prone regions than elsewhere, thus exposing a greater proportion of the population to floods.
- B. Tellman, B. Tellman, J. A. Sullivan, J. A. Sullivan, C. Kuhn, A. J. Kettner, C. S. Doyle, G. R. B...
- 2021
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administers the National Flood Insurance Program and publishes flood maps and supporting flood insurance studies for over 750 communities in Ohio for the purpose of identifying areas at risk of the 1%-annual-chance flood, or base flood.
Know the types of flood risks in your area. Visit FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center for additional information. Check with your local floodplain administrator to determine if you live in a flood-prone area.
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Jul 26, 2016 · More information about locations of flood-inundation maps, peak flows, flood stage, and links to USGS data and publications. Flood inundation maps (FIMs) translate the stage of a river (shown on a hydrograph) to a map showing the extent and depth of flood waters.
