Sharpening The Government’s Blurry Maps
FEMA has flood-risk maps of questionable accuracy for many U.S. counties and lacks maps altogether for some.
FEMA has flood-risk maps of questionable accuracy for many U.S. counties and lacks maps altogether for some.
Critics say paying to restore beaches year after year is one of a number of ways the government subsidizes less-than-smart development.
Contractors with the Army Corps of Engineers last month finished pumping more than 1.8 million cubic yards of sand onto the beach in Ocean City, N.J., which had been damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Using a combination of Sandy aid and funds already