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5 FLOORPLAN MAPPING
Pages 51-54

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... that essentially converted participation in the program from being voluntary to mandatory. This act requires property owners or developers to purchase flood insurance for any property in a designated flood hazard area that is purchased with funds from any bank or savings and loan institution regulated or insured by the federal government (Platt, 1979~.
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From page 52...
... DAMAGE FROM THE NEW YEAR'S EVE FLOOD EVENT Flood-related residential and business damage due to Oahu's New Year's Eve floods occurred in blRM zones that were identified as follows: Zone A 100-year flood hazard area; no base flood elevation determined. Zone AH 100-year flood hazard area; flood depths of 1 to 3 feet (usually areas of pending)
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From page 53...
... Area Minor Major Destroyed Total Honolulu Zone D394 144 Hahaione Valley Zone A40 04 Zone D241 025 Subtotal281 029 Niu Valley Zone A70 07 Zone D7413 390 Subtotal8113 397 Hawaii Kai Zone D10 Kailua Zone A165157 1323 Zone Ba273105 1379 Zone Cb14713 0160 SubtotalSB5275 2862 Waimanalo Zone A ~0 08 Zone AH00 11 Zone Ba110 011 Zone Cb22 0 Zone D10 0 Subtotal222 125 Total Structures Damaged (all categories of damage) : 1,058 Done B corresponds to Zone X (shaded)
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... Minor damage is distributed relatively uniformly across the zones, regardless of the degree of hazard associated with each zone. While most major damage occurred in He correctly evaluated zone (AH)
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