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Unfortunately this is not what people are drawn to. katie? >> theres also issues with the fema flood maps, they werent up to date, adequately conveying who was in a flood zone and who was not. that federal flood insurance program you were talking about, severely under funded. they are not charging what they need to pay out the claims that have arisen in the past few years. kerry sanders, thank you so much. fascinating interview, i hope the water does not reach that gentlemans home. >> as we look...

>> this has -- who is going to be subject to a background check? >> now we can -- >> also, somebody who is a sell are as a private citizen or if im going to sell it to you, i have to get a background check on you. >> thanks for being here. happy new years to you both. youre already in sometimes square. enjoy the festivities. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year, dies guys. leland, thank you. well, some homeowners shelling out big bucks for flood insurance they dont really ne...

>> 75% of the 2,800 homes on breezy point were flooded. 350 were totally destroyed. 135 of those burned to the ground during an epic fire in the midst of the storm. >> the second house floated into my house and pancake. >> reporter: billions of federal build it back dollars are in limbo. new york city painstakingly vetting applications to make sure the money is well spent. >> please be patient. >> reporter: yet patience is wearing thin. this is whats left of danielle sullivans home. his mortgage...

Standards, because what we saw in new jersey was in a town like man man manniloke who had beautiful city, but they had no dunes and old homes under old codes, so we had to bring the codes up to the towns to deal with the new reality, and that is that the homes have to be much improved to be in the areas. so you have to do that. third, you have to work with fema on the flood maps and the updating of the flood maps, and then see how much you have to raze existing houses. what you will see in the n...

Insurance coverage has changed for thousands of homes across the northeast. affecting monthly payments and force something folks to rebuild parts of their houses. its all because the feds propose new nationwide flood maps after the superstorm. shannon has details of that and all the troubles along with it. shannon? >> the federal emergency management agency, or fema, was already in the process of studying flood maps in the region affected by sandy when the storm rolled in. in the wake of the sto...

Thousands of dollars. after hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast in 2005. fema redrew many of the flood maps nationwide taking areas safe from flooding and declaring them vulnerable. now folks trying to rebuild homes after fires and natural disasters are seeing insurance and reconstruction costs go through the roof. adam housley is live with this in los angeles. including country cities you might not think of. sacramento, california under water in many areas. right smack dab in the middle...

People who will want to stay in their homes. >> do you expect, at this point, mandatory evacuation zones will expand today? >> we are not projecting that. we have looked at our flood maps and it appears the areas on the flood maps that would flood coincide with the evacuation zone. so, i dont expect it. we have zone "c" as a voluntary evacuation, so people can decide to leave or not. "a" and "b" is mandatory evacuation. >> what are you most worried about right now? >> im worried about the wind. ...

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