"One-hundred year" flood zones are areas estimated to have a 1% chance of flooding each year. Here, those zones are compared to FEMA estimates of actual Sandy flooding.
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John Keefe, Stephen Reader, Steven Melendez and Louise Ma. Follow us @datanews, email us here.
New Jersey maps from the latest FEMA Coastal Analysis and Mapping release. New York maps from the FEMA Map Service Center. NJ flood data for coastlines only and is unavailable north of Cape May Point. Map may contain data errors or omissions; consult official sources for life and property decisions.
