41 Million Americans Live in Flood Zones -Three Times the FEMA Estimate, Finds New Study

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Mar 5, 2018, 12:53 pm118 ptsTrending
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that 13 million Americans currently live within a 100-year flood zone, areas with a 1 percent chance of flooding in any given year. But a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters argues the real number of people exposed to…

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