Cape Coral grapples with potential increases in flood insurance as FEMA's risk rating 2.0 has residents and officials worried. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's massive changes to its methodology for determining flood risk, risk rating 2.0, has prompted Cape Coral to take action against rising flood insurance ...

Things that will not change under risk rating 2.0 include: Limiting insurance increases to no more than 18% per year; Using flood insurance rate map for mandatory purchase and floodplain management.

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On Florida's west coast, there are three cities with the highest flooding risk. "Cape Coral came in with about 90,000 properties at risk, Tampa came in next with 43,000 and Lehigh Acres had about ...