Press Releases

• Mississippi Residents View New Flood Maps
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• Mississippi Coastal Flood Maps Make Debut
• FEMA Launches Call Center, Web Site for Flood Map Information

Photographs

• 005: JPEG [1.67MB] Jennifer Smits/FEMA
• 62: JPEG [1.86MB] Jennifer Smits/FEMA
• 78: JPEG [1.58MB] Jennifer Smits/FEMA

Each photograph was taken at the open house in Bay St. Louis, MS, on Dec. 11, 2007, where the Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps were displayed.  The event kicked off community adoption of flood maps to meet requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Media Packet

We have created a suite of materials specifically for the media to explain the Mississippi Coast Mapping Project and the effects that the new flood study will have on residents, developers, community officials, real estate agents, lenders, and insurance industry professionals. 

If you have questions on the Mississippi Coastal Mapping Project, please contact us.

For more information on the remapping effort in neighboring Louisiana, please visit the Louisiana Mapping Project Web site.