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The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-448). The NFIP has two purposes: to share the risk of flood losses through flood insurance and to reduce flood damages by restricting floodplain development.
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The ghost of claims past. This Florida woman bought a flood insurance policy for $8,600 — but after her home flooded during Tropical Storm Debby, her nearly $100K claim was denied due to a major ...
View of flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Floods in the United States (2000–present) is a list of flood events which were of significant impact to the country during the 21st century, since 2000. Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, storm surge from hurricanes, and dam failure.
Kate Weiss walks through Kate's Pancake House in Carolina Beach Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024 in Carolina Beach, N.C. Flood waters took over the restaurant off Lake Park Blvd after a storm system moved ...
Flood control (or flood mitigation, protection or alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. [1][2] Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather upstream, and human changes to waterbodies and runoff. Flood control methods can be either of the structural type ...
Life-threatening flooding was likely in New Orleans and communities west along Interstate 10 Wednesday night as the core of Hurricane Francine moved over the region, dropping multiple inches of ...
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