Further federal flood insurance policy delays expected
While the longest government shutdown in US history has finally ended, there are still issues reverberating throughout many industries. Particularly in low-lying Florida, federal flood insurance coverage lapses from the shutdown left many …
More than two-thirds of residential claims not covered
Less than a third of Florida’s Hurricane Debby residential property claims were paid before being closed, as those caught without flood insurance become more evident; a new look at flooding risk across …
Many Floridians caught without flood insurance
The latest Florida damage estimates will be released later today but as of last Wednesday, Hurricane Debby’s insured losses had grown to $113.8 million on 15,326 claims for a storm that may total up …
Broward’s 21-mile inland storm surge
High-risk flood zones are expanding this year along significant stretches of Florida’s coastline. In Broward County, nearly 90,000 properties have been moved into a FEMA flood zone. But 80,000 of them were in such a …
Cost v. Risk
After all the effort we have now read that Pinellas County put into making its infrastructure and residents more resilient to flooding thru improved CRS requirements, let’s take a look at another populous county, this one on …
Florida’s challenge
I had the pleasure of sitting down recently to talk with two flood experts on the growing problem of urban flooding and what mitigation approaches are being tried – and working – here in Florida and in Texas. …