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Your Homeowners Policy Probably DOESN’T Cover Flooding, So Get Prepared Now

October 26, 2022

If you purchased your dream home on the shores the Atlantic Ocean or one of Delaware’s bays, you’re probably hyper-attuned to the risk of flooding and other damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ian and other storms. But you can also be in serious danger of flooding if you live miles from any significant body of water. All it takes is an ill-planned construction of a neighboring house or neighborhood or the growing threat of extremely intense rainfall due to climate change.

Indeed, recent data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimate that 14.6 million properties nationwide are at risk of damage from what experts call a 100-year flood. This is far more than the 8.7 million properties shown on Federal flood maps created as recently as 2020. The new calculation accounts for sea-level rise, increasing rainfall, and flooding along smaller creeks that haven’t been mapped by the federal mapping program.

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