Flood Awareness Week in Texas

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FEMA Region 6 Floodplain Management and Insurance Logo with blue waves

It's Flood Awareness Week, led by the Texas Floodplain Management Association (TFMA). Here are flood risk and flood insurance videos you can share. 

Share These Videos

Flooded property with water all round homes. FEMA logo. Text says "You asked: Am I in a flood zone?"Flooded property. Water all around homes. FEMA logo and text that says, "Usted pregunto: ¿Me encuentro en una zona de inundación?"

You've probably heard the phrase before, "I'm not in a flood zone." What the speaker typically means is really, "I'm not in a high-risk flood zone," thinking that flooding is only possible in those high-risk areas. However, where it rains, it can flood. Flooding can and does happen in all flood zones. Even Zone X, the area of minimal flooding, is a flood zone, and about 40% of NFIP claims in the past five years come from these areas. Share these videos in English and Spanish. 

Imaged of rain falling on homes with water rising outside. Cars flooded. TFMA logo for Flood Awareness Week 2021.

Tomorrow is Wear Blue Wednesday

TFMA leads a social media selfie campaign called Wear Blue Wednesday. Get your leadership, floodplain, permitting, stormwater, development, communication, or other relevant departments together for photos wearing blue and then share them with your community. Let everyone know what you do and the ways you are protecting people and property from flood damage. Use the hashtags #Iwearblue, #floodprep21, #txwx and more.

Click here to read more from TFMA about Flood Awareness Week and Wear Blue Wednesday. Follow and tag TFMA on Twitter @TexasCFM and on Facebook @TXFMA.