Lewes Earns Improved FEMA Flood Insurance Rating

Lewes earns improved FEMA Flood Insurance Rating

The City of Lewes has earned an improved Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rating.

FEMA approves NEK flood repair reimbursements

The funding approved included $3.6 million to the state of Vermont to reimburse the Town of Lyndon to repair one bridge on Red Village Road and replace another washed away by the late July 2024 flooding.

City of Lewes Earns Improved FEMA Flood Insurance Rating

Good news for Lewes – the city's flood insurance rating will improve from a Class 8 to a Class 7 in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System. The improved rating follows FEMA's five-year verification of the City's floodplain management program. The City of Lewes has worked to reduce flood risk through higher regulatory standards, open-space preservation, improved flood data, hazard mitigation planning and other measures th…