Flood Mapping To Benefit Mobile & Baldwin

Mobile and Baldwin counties are among sevenAlabama counties to benefit from some $5.8 million in federal moneyfor flood map modernization.

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Published: April 04, 2009

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Mobile and Baldwin counties are among seven
Alabama counties to benefit from some $5.8 million in federal money
for flood map modernization.
Officials say the grant will come from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and be routed through the state's floodplain
mapping program, based at the Alabama Department of Economic and
Community Affairs, or ADECA.
ADECA spokesman Jim Plott says the amount represents a decrease
from last year, when the state received $6.9 million. The other
eligible Alabama counties are Elmore, Madison, Montgomery, Shelby
and Tuscaloosa.
After Hurricane Katrina, FEMA invested heavily on flood map
updates for Louisiana and Mississippi. But the agency has not
mounted a similar effort in Alabama mapping.

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