The state already has set limits on the ability of local governments to put new restrictions on building in floodplains.

The Department of Environmental Equity granted Fayetteville $910,000 to expand drainage capacity around Eutaw Creek.

Existing regulations require new structures to be raised one foot above what is called the "base flood elevation." The proposal calls for two feet to be added to the "base flood elevation." ...

The new rules, called the Resilient Environments And Landscapes (REAL) reforms, would add five feet on top of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) base flood elevations. The FEMA flood ...

Brian Howard, executive director of the Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission, said the maps for the area that were updated in 2009 and in 2024, show the property has a base flood elevation of ...