When Heather Gaker found the perfect sage-green beach house in Boynton Beach, Fla., four years ago, she hired multiple inspectors and researched the property’s flood history. Finding no serious history of flooding, she used most of her retirement savings to buy it with cash. Then during a rainstorm in 2017, a half-foot of water filled… Continue reading Outdated Flood Maps, Hard-to-find Data Impede Assessment of Flood Risk for Homes