Help protect more communities from the dangers of hurricanes and flooding

Stronger hurricanes like Helene and Milton, more intense rainstorms, and rising seas are wreaking havoc on people’s lives. Urge FEMA to act now to protect communities from flooding before it’s too late.

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Damaged and destroyed homes in Big Bend on September 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene passed through Florida.

Stronger hurricanes like Helene and Milton, more intense rainstorms, and rising seas are wreaking havoc on people’s lives.

More and more of our homes across the U.S. are being damaged by worsening floods fueled by the climate crisis, combined with risky development, unreliable flood risk maps, and out-of-date infrastructure.

Fortunately, FEMA is in the process of fixing these problems, in response to a petition filed by NRDC and our partners at the Association of State Floodplain Managers – but the agency has been dragging its feet on proposing desperately-needed reforms and faces resistance from developers and local and state government officials.

FEMA has the ability to enact common sense policies that could better protect more Americans from severe and repetitive flooding, including setting minimum building and land use standards for flood-prone areas nationwide, incorporating future climate projections into its flood maps, and protecting wetlands and marshes. But the agency needs to feel pressure from thousands of Americans who are calling for urgent protections from flooding.

Urge FEMA to act now to protect communities from flooding before it’s too late.

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Subject Take actions to protect more communities from dangerous flooding

Dear FEMA Officials:

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Thank you for all your work helping the millions affected by recent Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Stronger hurricanes, more intense rainstorms, and rising seas are wreaking havoc on people’s lives, and now is the time to take action to protect all of our communities from future floods.

As you know, more and more of our homes across the U.S. are at risk from the impacts of the climate crisis combined with risky development, unreliable flood maps, and out-of-date infrastructure. FEMA has taken important steps to reduce flood risk around the country, but more must be done – there is no time to waste.

Please move swiftly to complete the following actions:

• Update national floodplain development standards to account for worsening floods and put the brakes on risky development in increasingly vulnerable areas
• Ensure that flood-risk maps are up to date and account for climate change
• Ensure that development does not destroy wetlands and marshes, which help absorb and retain flood waters, decreasing the potential for flood damages

Help protect communities from flooding before it’s too late. Thank you.

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