COLUMBIA, MO. (AP) -- Officials from central Missouri towns say preliminary flood insurance maps presented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week were incomplete and based on old information.
Huntsdale Mayor Debby Lancaster said she was surprised her town, which has about 30 residents, was completely left off the maps presented in Columbia.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Ashland officials said a big chunk of their town was missing too because of annexations that occurred since the maps were made.
Tom Wellman, a storm-water manager for Columbia, also said base flood elevations that establish flood zones on the maps were based on outdated data.
A FEMA official said the oversights should be corrected before the final maps are made.
Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, http://www.columbiatribune.com
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