MENDOCINO CO., 9/20/25 – New Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps that took effect Friday in Ukiah could impact low-income property owners who may have to buy flood insurance for the first ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – County residents who own property in a former Recovery Map High Hazard Area (HHA) for floodingmay no ...

FEMA has proposed an updated flood map for the watershed, which moves some residents into a flood zone. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed a new flood insurance rate map for the ...

MILFORD -- A federally mandated revision of flood zone maps that was approved Tuesday night doesn't so much change the zones as to better define them, officials said. "It's important that people who ...

The efforts of three local communities to delete properties from new federal flood zone maps have borne fruit, their leaders said last week. The city and town of Lockport said they scored 100 percent ...

In connection with Flood Preparedness Week, which begins Saturday, Santa Barbara County leaders are reminding residents to check whether they have flood insurance and whether they are in a flood zone.