Floods

Floods and Flash Floods: Links and Resources

Flood protection publications

• Above the Flood: Elevating Your Floodprone House
• Flood Mitigation Actions Checklist
• Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding
• Protecting Building Utilities from Flood Damage
• Protecting Your Business From Disasters
• Protecting Your Home from Future Flood Damage
• Protecting Your Property From Flooding
• Reduce Your Risk from Natural Disasters
• Resources for Success CD
• What Homeowners Can Do To Reduce Their Risk from Disasters? -- 2.07 MB

Flood safety publications

• Are You Ready for a Flood or a Flash Flood? from the American Red Cross Disaster Services
• Backgrounder: Floods & Flash Floods
• Fact Sheet: Floods & Flash Floods
• Flood & Flash Flood, from the American Red Cross "Talking About Disaster: Guide"
• How to File a Flood Insurance Claim When Your Property is Damaged by a Flood
• Recovering From & Coping With Flood Damaged Property
• Take Precautions During & After Flooding

General links and resources

• American Heritage Rivers
  
• American Meteorological Society
  
• Association of State Floodplain Managers
  
• Community Associations Institute
  
• Dartmouth College Flood Remote
  
• Dewberry & Davis
  
• Earth Satellite Corp
  
• Flood Hazards Resarch Centre/Univ of UK
  
• Flood Insurance Servicing Companies Assn of America, Inc.
  
• Independent Insurance Agents of America
  
• Institute of Business & Home Safety
  
• Insurance News Network
  
• National Association of Flood & Stormwater Management Agencies
  
• National Association of Independent Insurers
  
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners
  
• National Association of Professional Insurance Agents
  
• National Association of Realtors
  
• National Conference of Insurance Legislators
  
• National Emergency Managers Association (NEMA)
  
• National Flood Determination Association (NFDA)
  
• National Hazards Center
  
• National Lenders Insurance Council
  
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  
• National Weather Service
  
• Pima County Flood Control District FPM
  
• River Management Society
  
• Texas Department of Insurance
  
• Ultimate Insurance Links
  
• United Homeowners Association
  
• University of Nevada/Reno
  
• US Army Corps of Engineers
  
• US Department of the Interior
  
• US Fish & Wildlife Service
  
• US Geological Survey
  
• The Weather Channel
  

Risk reduction programs & activities

• National Flood Insurance Program
• Flood Insurance
• Floodplain Management
• Flood Hazard Mapping
• Hazards Mitigation Grant Program (HGMP)
• Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
• Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program (PDM)
• Environmental and Historic Preservation
• Community Assistance Program
• Map Modernization
• Cooperating Technical Partners
• FEMA Map Store
• Mitigation Planning
• Mitigation Technical Assistance Programs
• Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program
• Mitigation Assistance Program

• Individual Assistance Program
• Response and Recovery
• Public Assistance Programs
• Small Business Administration
• Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loans for Small Businesses

• FEMA's Library has a variety of resources for all types of audiences
• National Flood Insurance Program Publications
• Flood Background and Preparedness Information
• Floods and Flash Floods (Factsheet and Backgrounder) -- 254 KB
• Flood Factsheet
• Animals and Emergencies
• How To Series: Floods
• Many Mitigation Success Stories have flood mitigation information
• NOAA's Turn Around Don't Drown initiative
• Recovering From and Coping With Flood Damaged Property
• After a Flood: The First Steps -- 190 KB

If you would like to learn about a variety of mitigation and flood insurance successes in other communities or share how training materials were used to launch a successful mitigation project in your community, please visit the FEMA Mitigation Best Practices and Case Studies. Many of them have flood mitigation and flood insurance information.

• HAZUS, a natural hazard loss estimation methodology developed by FEMA in partnership with the National Institute of Building Sciences. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, HAZUS allows users to compute estimates of damage and losses that could result from an earthquake. To support FEMA's mitigation and emergency preparedness efforts, HAZUS is being expanded into a multi-hazard methodology with new modules for estimating potential losses flood (riverine and coastal) hazards.
• FEMA worked in partnership with NOAA, through the Multihazard Mapping Initiative, to create multihazard mapping web pages. The objective of HazardMaps.gov is to maintain a living atlas of hazards data and map services for advisory purposes supplied from a network of hazard and base map providers.

• Significant Floods, 1978 - Present
• The Great Midwest Floods of 1993
• Worldwide Major Floods 1990 - 1995
• Hurricane Names - Atlantic
• Hurricane Names - North East Pacific
• Category IV or V Hurricanes this Century

For additional resources, visit the FEMA Web site.