Some residents in Amelia will see about a 3-foot decrease in the elevation they have to build to for flood insurance purposes starting Wednesday. St. Mary Parish’s revised Federal Emergency Management Agency digital flood insurance rate maps will officially go into effect Wednesday. All municipalities in St. Mary Parish have adopted the new maps. Almost all of Amelia, from Bayou Ramos to Bayou Boeuf, Cypremort Point and some isolated areas in St. Mary Parish will benefit from the new maps by seeing a roughly 3-foot drop in their base flood elevations, Parish Chief Administrative Officer Henry “Bo” LaGrange said. The base flood elevation ...