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		<title>Special Reuters Report: The High Cost of Building in High Flood Risk Areas</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/12/12/473805.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2017 hurricane season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal building codes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal flood insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood mapping funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood plain management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monroe County Florida flood claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[When Hurricane Harvey sent two feet of water rolling into this small community about 35 miles north of Houston, Alfredo Becerra had to flee his modest 1,500-square-foot house. Muddy floodwater submerged the furniture and ruined carpet inside the construction worker&#8217;s &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Economist: Hurricane Harvey&#8217;s Impact Will Guide Future Development in Houston</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2017/12/11/473754.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie K. Jones]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harvey flooding]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Houston business group said on Dec. 8 that Hurricane Harvey&#8217;s biggest long-term impact on the nation&#8217;s fourth-largest city likely will be on where and how new homes and structures are built. The results of Harvey&#8217;s flooding will likely guide &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Flood Maps Coming to Georgia Coast, but Flood Risk Remains</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2017/10/10/466902.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category 5 hurricane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood Insurance Rate Map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance premiums]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Experts say a new federal flood map of Glynn County along Georgia&#8217;s coast may lower insurance premiums next year &#8211; but not the risk of flooding. The updated Flood Insurance Rate Map, drawn by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Now Is Time to Prepare for Next Harvey; Tools Are Available: Viewpoint</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/08/30/462710.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Harvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandatory flood insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[My heart goes out to the people who have borne the brunt of Hurricane Harvey and still face continued flooding and a long recovery. As a nation, we need to be better prepared for such catastrophic floods so as to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Corps: Flood Protection Plan for Souris River Could Cost Up to $1B</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2016/11/08/431837.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Midwest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps of Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floodwalls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety & Loss Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Souris River flood protection project]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Souris River flood protection project in North Dakota&#8217;s Ward County and is accepting public comments through Dec. 22. The Minot Daily News reports that the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>North Carolina County Removing Thousands of Homes from Flood Zones</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2016/07/29/421618.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 05:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA flood maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina flood maps]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[New maps for Dare County, North Carolina, are removing thousands of homes and lots from flood zones, creating a need to update local building codes that until now accounted for more rising water. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk reports that, according &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Report: 1 in 5 California Citizens Lives in Flood Zone</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/04/05/287255.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catastrophic flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Water Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floodplains]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[California is suffering from one of its driest winters on record, but some statewide water managers are focusing on the opposite end of the precipitation spectrum &#8211; the one-in-five residents who live in regions prone to catastrophic flooding. A joint &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FEMA Buying Out 90 Flood Damaged Vermont Homes, So Far</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/03/18/285084.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to buy out a total of 90 properties across Vermont that were damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and other 2011 flooding. Eight structures were deemed ineligible for the federal hazard mitigation program and &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Connecticut Homeowners Face Stark Choices After Sandy</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/03/05/283539.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowners insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Flood Insurance Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sandy losses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superstorm Sandy]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Jackie Beagon loved her life along the Connecticut coast, where she and her husband walked to the beach and church and bicycled around the neighborhood. But Superstorm Sandy ripped it all apart, and the couple was forced to sell their &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>N.Y. Gov. Proposes to Spend Up to $400M to Buy Out Storm-Wrecked Homes</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/02/05/280004.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storm Sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superstorm Sandy]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to spend up to $400 million to buy and demolish homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy and permanently preserve the land as undeveloped coastline.A Cuomo administration spokesman confirms the state would use a portion of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FEMA Likely to Expand Flood Zones Along N.J. Coast in Wake of Sandy</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/12/09/273237.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Flood Insurance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy flood]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The federal government is poised to expand flood zones and push for increases in building elevations along the New Jersey coast in the wake of flooding from Hurricane Sandy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency was planning to revise flood-elevation rules &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Fargo, North Dakota Properties Might Need Flood Insurance</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/08/22/260324.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Midwest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fargo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Several thousand property owners in North Dakota&#8217;s largest city could fall under federal flood insurance requirements based on a preliminary new flood plain map for Fargo. About 500 structures are affected by the current flood plain. Under the Federal Emergency &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FEMA to Give Partial Credit for Substandard Levees in Drawing Flood Zones</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/12/27/228664.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood insurance premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Flood Insurance Program]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A levee isn&#8217;t perfect, but it exists and that should count for something when deciding if a property is at risk for flooding. That&#8217;s the position of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a new proposal that would break from &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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