Enacted on Dec. 20, new base flood elevation for Palm Beach Midtown may mean higher construction cost and flood insurance ...

FEMA’s revised flood zone maps now have them in a flood zone, when they weren’t previously considered at-risk. “We’re getting phone calls here as commissioners and people are letting us ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.