• $3.5 Billion Insurance Fund to

cover Flood Damage

• $1.2 Billion Avoided Due to

New Construction

Standards

• $1.6 Billion From Elevating &

Relocating out of

Flood Zones

$2.2

$2.0

$2.9

$2.4

$3.4

$2.2

$4.9

$3.3

$5.6

$10.0

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1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Billions of Dollars ($1999)

Average US Flood Losses

National Flood Insurance Program

National Flood Insurance Program

Current

FEMA “FIRM”

Flood

Insurance

Rate Map

National Flood Insurance Program

North

Carolina’s

Flood Risk

Information

System Map

National Flood Insurance Program

Better Data

Result in

Better Maps

Current FIRM Map

705 E. St James Street Tarboro, NC

Enhanced 100% Digital, Building Level Risk Map