• FEMA for Kids: Preparing Kids and their Families
• FEMA Grants $2.5 Million to Help Repair Gustav Damage in Waveland
• Top Ten Reasons to Buy Flood Insurance Now
• Mississippi Communities Saving More Than $1 Million Per Year In Flood Insurance Premiums
• Secretary Napolitano Announces FEMA Management Consolidation for Gulf Coast Recovery
• Busy Is As Busy Does: One Man’s Mission On The Mississippi Coast
• Dispelling Myths About Flood Insurance
• Floodplain Experts Share Knowledge Along Mississippi Coast
• Walking The Talk Of Long-Term Mississippi Recovery
• Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Recovery Update
• As Hurricane Season Approaches, Play It Safe: Get Flood Insurance

Additional Press Releases are available from the Press Releases page on the Gulf Coast Recovery Web site and from the FEMA News Archives.

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The first three photographs above were taken at the Flood Risk Open House in Bay St. Louis on December 11, 2007, where the Preliminary versions of the Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map and Flood Insurance Study report for Hancock County, Mississippi and Incorporated Areas were displayed and discussed with community officials and residents.  The event kicked off community adoption of flood maps to meet requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program. Flood Risk Open Houses also were held in Harrison County and Jackson County on December 11 and 12, 2007, respectively.

The fourth photograph was taken during a meeting for the Vietnamese community in Biloxi.  Translators were present to help local Vietnamese citizens understand the new maps.

Additional photographs of FEMA and State staff meeting with and assisting community officials and residents can be found in the FEMA Photo Library.

Resources

We have created a suite of resources, including informative videos (produced in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese) to help explain the Mississippi Coastal Mapping Project and the effects that the new flood maps will have on residents; developers; community officials; and real estate, lending, and insurance industry professionals. 

If you have questions about the Mississippi Coastal Mapping Project, you may call the Transitional Recovery Office in Biloxi from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central time, Monday through Friday, at 1-866-816-2804 (toll-free number). You may also call the Mississippi Gulf Coast Recovery News Desk at 228-594-3560.

For more information on the remapping effort in neighboring Louisiana, please visit the Louisiana Mapping Project Web site. You may also call the Louisiana Gulf Coast Recovery News Desks in New Orleans, at 504-762-2477, or in Baton Rouge, at 225-376-5000.