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Originally published on December 18, 2020 1:05 pm William Jennings and his wife have lived in their Virginia Beach, Va., home for the last 37 years. And their plan was to stay in it through retirement. "I really like my house," Jennings says, standing in the front yard. "A two-story home. A swimming pool in the backyard." But Jennings neighborhood has flooded more often in recent years. His house did once, too. His mortgage requires flood insurance, which now costs him $2,336 a year and is se...

Watch Live PBS Kids By | December 18, 2020 William Jennings and his wife have lived in their Virginia Beach, Va. home for the last 37 years. And their plan was to stay in it through retirement. “I really like my house,” Jennings says, standing in the front yard. “A two-story home. A swimming pool in the backyard.” But Jennings’ neighborhood has flooded more often in recent years. His house did once, too. His mortgage requires flood insurance, which now costs him $2,336 a year and...

Home/News from NPR/‘Millions Left On The Table’: How Cities Can Do More To Battle Rising Flood Insurance Rates ‘Millions Left On The Table’: How Cities Can Do More To Battle Rising Flood Insurance Rates By Sam Turken   December 18, 2020 William Jennings and his wife have lived in their Virginia Beach, Va. home for the last 37 years. And their plan was to stay in it through retirement. “I really like my house,” Jennings says, standing in the front yard. “A two-story home. A swimm...

“Not available,” it said. Wright said he had paid all his taxes. He manages a car wash in Baltimore, working steadily for the same company for the past 25 years. By April, as the pandemic gutted the city’s economy, the lines of cars were gone. His hours were cut and his income plunged. All around him people were receiving federal payments. This article was published in partnership with The Guardian. Wright soon learned there was no mistake. He would not get the aid because of an exclusi...

Can ‘fire hardening’ solve insurance crisis? 8 minute read Lucy Smallsreed’s neighborhood in Inverness borders on the Point Reyes National Forest and is a heavily wooded area making fire insurance a necessity. Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters photo Support Local Journalism CalMatters Sue Ladich spent $1,600 clearing brush and trees from around her home in 2014. In 2017, she ponied up $3,500 to clear even more potential wildfire fuel from her property. This year, she spent another $2,200. But th...

Analysts Say Cat Models Would Encourage Wildfire Mitigation Measures Predictive modelers told California regulators on Thursday that the state’s antiquated rules for calculating wildfire risk when setting property insurance rates discourage innovative mitigation measures that could ultimately reduce losses. Nancy P. Watkins, a principal and consulting actuary for Milliman, said during a webcast on “home hardening” hosted by the state Department of Insurance that California is one of only ...

/PRNewswire/ -- As California grapples with the wildfire risk across the state, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today shared the...

Completely engulf buildings that were 12 stories tall. bear in mind even when the water starts going away, the danger will still be there. the water is not pristine, infused with petrol chemicals, toxins from homes, raw sewage, many, many threats even as the water drains off. >> wow, look at tom next to the wall of water. what about recovery? its going to take years. its going to cost billions, maybe more than weve ever seen spent. fema has already approved assistance for 96,000 people. thats ju...

>> so is there any federal assistance for people who dont have the insurance? >> so this is the numbers that you started with right there at the top of the piece. they need to go to disasterassistance.gov and begin that process, the kind of temporary assistance we can do. what we do under the stafford act, that individual assistance, its really a life vest. it helps them in the near term with a house, a way to eat, begin to muck out. for many of those not insured, theyre going to be reliant on l...

Dallas. those are the shelters with the most capability that were pushing. search and rescue, well over 10,000 people just by federal forces alone have been rescued. and that number is going to climb with beaumont. but whats most press are the neighbor helping neighbor numbers. countless number of rescues taking places. the whole community is responding and descending upon texas. regarding the national flood insurance program, unfortunately, there are rumors out there that we are trying to contr...