Seven Alabama Counties Due Flood Mapping Funds

Seven Alabama counties will 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 eligible Alabama counties are Mobile, Baldwin, 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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Information from: Press-Register