FEMA scaled back huge sections of the highest-risk flood zones ... bayfront Toms River, N.J., home to defend against future storms. So you would think FEMA's newly revised flood maps, which ...

So the reduction in the highest-risk flood zone translates into a ... to stick the pilings on my house." Toms River Mayor Thomas Kelaher said the revised maps also decreased the expansive "V ...

TOMS RIVER - Mayor Maurice B. "Mo" Hill Jr. is again asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give more than 700 homeowners more time to bring their property into compliance with flood ...

It oversees the creation of flood maps, which model the risk of flooding ... The first floor of his house in Toms River, N.J., flooded during the storm and he had to gut it. He says the ...

That's because the federal government's newly released advisory flood maps have put his Toms River home in the most vulnerable area — the "velocity zone." If that sticks, he'd have to jack his ...

TOMS RIVER – An afternoon downpour that caused ... half way up to some people's legs." In some areas, the flood waters covered the tires of cars, she said. "There were a few people that had ...

New Jersey Rules Debated TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP ... The rules would extend the jurisdiction of flood control measures further inland, require buildings to be constructed five feet (1.5 meters ...