If using old maps, how accurate is FEMA’s new flood insurance rating system?

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Some places in Louisiana have 20-year-old flood insurance rate maps that no longer reflect reality, a certified floodplain manager with the Baton Rouge-based Center for Planning Excellence says. While the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will from now on price federal flood insurance policies based on each structure’s individual risk, the maps still will

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