Sandy Springs and FEMA to revise flood maps

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with Sandy Springs to update its flood hazard maps, also called Flood Insurance Rate Maps. City officials say the process will “produce a better assessment of the Chattahoochee River Basin's current flood risk and will allow officials to develop a more comprehensive approach to mitigate damage brought on by flooding,” according to a news release. The revised maps are scheduled to be released for public comment this fall and would not become effective until the fall of 2012, or later.