Flood maps changing for Treasure, Space coasts; some property owners getting good news

Lisa Broadt, lisa.broadt@tcpalm.comPublished 2:42 p.m. ET Aug. 18, 2017 | Updated 9:07 a.m. ET Aug. 19, 2017 Treasure Coast and Space Coast property owners now can find out if their flood insurance premiums are likely to increase next year. Six years after initiating a review, the Federal Emergency Management Agency earlier this summer released draft updated coastal hazard…

Congress has one month to fix flood insurance. Hurricane Harvey makes it harder.

Posted by Alex Daugherty on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 at 6:42 PM @alextdaugherty For months, political foes like Marco Rubio and Elizabeth Warren united behind a push to overhaul the nation’s flood insurance program by capping annual premium increases and focusing on preventing damage in future floods. Hurricane Harvey could change all of that. Congress has spent most of 2017…