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MIAmI'DAos CouNTY <br />LMS <br />LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY <br />Miami -Dade County Local Mitigation Strategy <br />Part 7: National Flood Insurance Program <br />and Community Rating System <br />INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................................2 <br />COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM...................................................................................................................................4 <br />SCOPE........................................................................................................................................................................6 <br />PLANNINGPROCESS..................................................................................................................................................6 <br />ASSESSING THE HAZARD - FLOODING.............................................................................................................7 <br />FLOODING BACKGROUND AND HISTORY IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY..........................................................................8 <br />2019 RAINY SEASON...............................................................................................................................................13 <br />SIGNIFICANTFLOOD EVENTS..................................................................................................................................14 <br />FLOODIMPACTS......................................................................................................................................................22 <br />FLOOD REGULATIONS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.....................................................................................................23 <br />STORMSURGE.........................................................................................................................................................30 <br />CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE................................................................................................................36 <br />REPETITIVELOSSES............................................................................................................................................39 <br />FLOOD THREAT RECOGNITION SYSTEM......................................................................................................41 <br />DETERMINATION OF A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT...................................................................................................44 <br />MIAMI-DADE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN.........................................................45 <br />CDMPELEMENTS...................................................................................................................................................45 <br />CRITICAL FACILITIES PLANNING...................................................................................................................46 <br />FLOOD PUBLIC INFORMATION ACTIVITIES................................................................................................47 <br />FEMAFLOOD ZONES..............................................................................................................................................47 <br />PROPERTY SALE DISCLOSURE.................................................................................................................................47 <br />COMMUNITYPREPAREDNESS..........................................................................................................................48 <br />MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HURRICANE WEBPAGE.......................................................................................................48 <br />KNOWYOUR ZONE..................................................................................................................................................48 <br />STORMREADYCOMMUNITY....................................................................................................................................48 <br />#HURRICANESTRONG..............................................................................................................................................49 <br />WEATHER -READY NATION AMBASSADOR..............................................................................................................49 <br />READYMDC APP....................................................................................................................................................50 <br />MIAMI-DADE ALERTS.............................................................................................................................................50 <br />SOCIALMEDIA........................................................................................................................................................51 <br />EMERGENCY WARNING DISSEMINATION....................................................................................................55 <br />FLOODRESPONSE OPERATIONS......................................................................................................................57 <br />COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND REPORTING..........................................................................................................58 <br />HAZARDIMPACT ASSESSMENT................................................................................................................................58 <br />DamageAssessment Software......................................................................................................................59 <br />SPECIAL NEEDS EVACUATION ASSISTANCE............................................................................................................59 <br />APPENDICES............................................................................................................................................................63 <br />APPENDIX A: DO YOU KNOW YOUR FLOOD ZONE? BROCHURE.........................................................................64 <br />APPENDIX B: 2020 HURRICANE READINESS GUIDE.............................................................................................65 <br />APPENDIXC: NEWS RELEASE SAMPLES..............................................................................................................68 <br />APPENDIX D: EMERGENCY AND EVACUATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM...............................................................70 <br />APPENDIX E: RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY (RHCF) REQUIREMENTS..................................................71 <br />APPENDIXF: ACRONYMS....................................................................................................................................72 <br />July 2020 P7-1 <br />