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FEMA’s Wrong Flood Plain Projections Leave Some Surprised, and Homeless
Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman
As Hurricane Harvey swept through Texas, many were left with basements and living rooms full of water- despite being outside of FEMA’s projected high-risk flood areas. FEMA and its maps represent the government’s best flood plain estimates, leaving those outside…