FEMA has proposed new regulations that would require new construction projects in flood zones to build on higher ground, sometimes as much as two feet higher than the 100-year flood plain. This makes sense to me. Why build on a site that you know floods every 100 years on average? The link to the FEMA notice is below.
Check it out - https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/08/22/2016-19905/proposed-flood-hazard-determinations
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