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Sherburne County Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2020 Sherburne County Emergency Management identified that there are existing program gaps and deficiencies that make its citizens more vulnerable to flooding and should be addressed with new mitigation efforts to reduce vulnerability. They include: Increasing Culverts and Raising Roads — Some roads, bridges and culverts within the county continue to need improvements as they are impacted by annual high -rain events. The Sherburne County Public Works Department works to monitor where improvements are needed to mitigate against flood damage. National Flood Insurance Program The NFIP is a federal program created by Congress to mitigate future flood losses nationwide through sound, community -enforced building and zoning ordinances and to provide access to affordable, federally -backed flood insurance protection for property owners. The NFIP is designed to provide an insurance alternative to disaster assistance to meet the escalating costs of repairing damage to buildings and their contents caused by floods. Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local communities and the federal government that states that if a community will adopt and enforce a floodplain management ordinance to reduce future flood risks to new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), the federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against flood losses. Following is the NFIP participation status for Sherburne County. Table 24. NFIP Participation in Sherburne Becker Participating in NFI Becker Township Participating in NFI Big Lake Participating in NFI Clear Lake Participating in NFI Elk River Participating in NFI Princeton Participating in NFI Sherburne County Participating in NFI St. Cloud Participating in NFI Zimmerman Participating in NFI Source: MN DNR (data current as of 1o%/2o18) icipation P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas Date 05/04/00 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas 11/1.6/11 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas 05/04/00 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas 05/04/00 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas 05/02/77 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas 05/10/74 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas o5/1g/81 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas 12/17/73 P FEMA Mapped High Risk Areas 11/16/11. 4.3.6 Severe Winter Storms —Blizzards, Ice Storms Blizzards are storms that contain heavy snowfall, strong winds and cold temperatures. The combination of these elements creates blinding snow with near zero visibility, deep snowdrifts, and life - threatening wind chill temperatures. Blizzards are the most dramatic and destructive of all winter storms that occur within Sherburne County, and are generally characterized as storms bearing large amounts of snow accompanied by strong winds. They have the ability to completely immobilize travel in large areas and can be life -threatening to humans and animals in their path. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), there is no fixed temperature requirement for blizzard conditions, but the life -threatening nature of lowtemperatures in combination with blowing snow and poor visibility Page164