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The majority of flood-related deaths involve vehicles in water. What if flood models could warn of the risks street by street using real-time storm forecasts?
Storm a lot of people really need to take extra care to make sure they are taking care of themselves and their families. shannon: on to ask is well heard from one survivor's account this morning within a small neighborhood like they say for the first time regardless of all the storms they've passed before this went really came in and was a flooding problem for them. they said they did not buy flood insurance because they were not technically in the plane. nbc has a piece on this sighting back to 2017 dhs inspector general report about fema flood maps saying hundreds of thousands of florida hom...
Maps. i understand, we've talked about this. you said you're updating the maps, it takes time. the storm leaves countless floridians in financial ruin. what's the holdup? >> so our flood maps address a very specific type of flooding. but what i would say, dana, is that people need to understand in certain areas we require flood insurance. everybody has the ability to purchase flood insurance. if you live near water or where it rains, it can certainly flood. we have seen that in multiple storms this year. so, again, going back to people understanding what their potential risk is and just becaus...
Informed decisions about what their risk is and if they choose to rebuild there, making sure they do it in a way that's going to reduce their threat. >> and part of understanding risk is understanding whether or not you need flood insurance. only about 18% of people living in the counties under evacuation have that insurance. those decisions are often based on fema's flood zone maps. according to the non-profit first street foundation, more than 186,000 homes at risk of flooding aren't included in your maps. i understand, we've talked about this. you said you're updating the maps, it takes tim...
Storm a lot of people really need to take extra care to make sure they are taking care of themselves and their families. shannon: on to ask is well heard from one survivor's account this morning within a small neighborhood like they say for the first time regardless of all the storms they've passed before this went really came in and was a flooding problem for them. they said they did not buy flood insurance because they were not technically in the plane. nbc has a piece on this sighting back to 2017 dhs inspector general report about fema flood maps saying hundreds of thousands of florida hom...