What's Your Flood Risk? By Littice Bacon-Blood For more than 20 years flood insurance premiums in Jefferson Parish have been calculated based on maps adopted in 1995. “So, if a citizen calls their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. METAIRIE – New flood maps have taken effect ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new preliminary flood maps for Jefferson Parish, and are asking the public to participate in a 90-day comment period. Flood maps are created by ...

The new flood insurance maps for Jefferson Parish were accepted by the federal government this week and will begin to affect property owners’ insurance rates beginning Feb. 18. The new Flood Insurance ...

Jefferson Parish residents can now find out when power will be restored in their specific area, with Entergy targeting an estimated full restoration date by Sept. 8.Large parts of the east and west ...

HOUMA — Terrebonne and Lafourche parish officials are contracting with private experts to help appeal alleged errors in FEMA maps that determine flood risk, flood-insurance rates and home-elevation ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is playing hardball with Terrebonne Parish, threatening to withhold flood insurance to encourage the Parish Council to adopt flood maps. Maps that determine the ...