GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — FEMA hasn't updated its maps in four decades. But that's changing. For West Michigan, it means your city might be in an updated flood zone on the new federal flood maps.

Once officially adopted, the maps will serve as the basis for flood insurance ... come after years of FEMA re-analyzing the geographic and topographical landscape of Michigan after a nonprofit ...

This past January, FEMA began remapping several areas in Michigan. For West Michigan communities, this was the first time FEMA flood maps had changed since 1982." ...

Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction.