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It Doesn’t Take a Hurricane to Cause a Flood Flooding is the costliest — and the most common — natural disaster to significantly impact communities across the United States, The PEW Charitable Trust notes in its reporting on flood-prepared communities. Flood events have accounted for more than $850 billion in damage and losses in the U.S. since 2000, the global nonprofit, nongovernmental organization points out. It doesn’t take a hurricane to create a flood event. After all, just one in...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is taking steps to more effectively assess the flood risk that homeowners face. The agencys National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) recently released new flood insurance rating procedures that are meant to equitably distribute the cost of insurance for potential flood damage based on the risk a property faces. A new ValuePenguin.com analysis of FEMAs Risk Rating 2.0 —...