Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.

It raised the base flood elevation for most of that area from 6 feet to 7 feet, according to the flood zone map. That means any new construction project in the zone must have a ground floor ...

It raised the base ... in $13-million Palm Beach house were motivated by changing needs Cost of construction and flood insurance may rise after FEMA updates flood zone map Three people injured ...

The homes of those living on Johnson Close and Norley Road sit nine metres below the banks of the Leigh branch of the ...

For instance, a property owner in a very high-risk area would not be allowed to build a new house on the property ... over her government’s plan to update flood zone maps as a possible motive.

It came to mind as three of us were enroute to Asheville, N.C., for a tour of historic Biltmore House decked in holiday glory, plus a showing of exotic Chihuly glass art. It’s the only thing one ...