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I saw a news story where a guy from a small town in Western NC said he had been assessed at a 1% chance of flooding and yet he was flooded out by Hurricane Helene. One town had 4 million residents and only a little over 100k had flood insurance. Who could have ever imagined that a hurricane headed for the coast could flood towns in the mountains?
It just makes me wonder how many of the residents and businesses in these hard hit areas will be able to rebuild. Also, should the rest of us be thinking about how we are insured?
We are really far from the coast in Dallas but we've seen storms that have flooded adjacent areas. We live within walking distance of a major lake and the spillway breached in 2006. Does climate change mean it is time to think differently about the possibility of natural disasters in our various neighborhoods?
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It just makes me wonder how many of the residents and businesses in these hard hit areas will be able to rebuild. Also, should the rest of us be thinking about how we are insured?
We are really far from the coast in Dallas but we've seen storms that have flooded adjacent areas. We live within walking distance of a major lake and the spillway breached in 2006. Does climate change mean it is time to think differently about the possibility of natural disasters in our various neighborhoods?
In Western NC, a lack of flood insurance deepens the damage | Opinion
In high elevations, flooding seemed a remote risk. Climate change has made it more likely.