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This Florida couple’s home was flooded during Hurricane Helene — paid insurance for 12 years but a 3.5-inch step down to living room meant claim was denied. Here’…
However, last month, when Hurricane Helene left their home in Town N’ Country home near Tampa flooded, they hit a snag. The ...
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Couple told their living room is a ‘basement,’ not covered under flood policy
The claim hit a snag when the adjuster said the small "step down" means their living room is classified as a basement.
Moore family says landlord won’t fix issue leaving bedroom flooded every rainstorm
A family of 10 say their landlord has done nothing the past four years to stop a bedroom in their house from flooding each ...
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'Slow-motion flooding' plagues residents of Seward Lake area nearly a week after Milton
Tea-colored water covered the floor in every room of the house to a depth of about four inches. “Just walking in here just ...
Long Island homeowners can apply for part of $20 million to protect against floods
The state's Resilient Retrofits Program provides money — $3 million for Long Island — for projects to help withstand storms.
After Tropical Storm Helene devastation, ‘Junaluska,’ town in Black Appalachia, hangs on
The small, 200-year-old community of Junaluska near Boone in the Watauga County struggles after Tropical Storm Helene.
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Hurricane Milton recovery far from over in the Tampa Bay area one month later
TAMPA, Fla. - One month after Hurricane Milton, the recovery is far from over for families across the Tampa Bay area.
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Flood survivors say regional Spanish officials waited too long to warn them of the danger
By the time Pérez’s phone buzzed, the water has already gushed into her kitchen, living room and bathroom ... number of dead — easily making the floods the worst natural disaster in Spain ...
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Couple told their living room is a ‘basement,’ not covered under flood policy
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) considers a sunken living room a basement when it has a floor below ground level (subgrade) on all sides. In this situation the 3 ½ inch stepdown ...
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Couple told their living room is a ‘basement,’ not covered under flood policy
They tell me their claim hit a major snag when the insurance adjuster said the 3 1/2 inch “step down” means their living room is classified as a basement and not covered. Legislators, homeowners ...
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Couple told their living room is a "basement" and not covered under flood policy
After 12 years of faithfully paying for flood insurance, Jaime Giangrande-Holcom and her husband filed a claim, after Hurricane Helene flooded their Town N' Country home. After 12 years of ...