Bipartisan bill seeks overhaul of FEMA flood maps as NFIP deadline looms

The Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevations and Structures (IMAGES) Act would require FEMA to update flood maps every five years. The legislation also calls for the agency’s insurance rate maps to incorporate planimetric features, such as roads, structure footprints, rivers, and lakes, which are not dependent on elevation.

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