Feds: Buy Flood Insurance If You Live In California

Feds: Buy Flood Insurance If You Live In California With a strong El Nino in place, the

FEMA deputy associate administrator Roy WrighFederal Emergency Management Agency is urging Californians in flood prone places to buy flood insurance before it’s too late.t said Friday buying flood insurance is the most powerful action residents can take with the El Nino, which brings heavy winter rains to California.

Between 50 to 70 percent of Californians who live in high risk flood areas don’t have federal flood insurance. People can check at www.floodsmart.gov . Wright said flood insurance has to be purchased 30 days before a flood hits.

Wright said if you buy flood insurance for just one year this is the year because more than one-third of California flood insurance claims in the past 27 years came in just four El Nino years. Feds: Buy Flood Insurance If You Live In California. California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With over 39.3 million residents across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles, it is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area

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