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Do you require flood insurance coverage?
If it can rain it can flood. And your home insurance plan doesnt cover flood damage. To make sure your home is covered youll require a different flood policy.
The risk
If your house remains in a designated flood zone your lending institution needs you to have flood insurance A flood zone is an area that has a 1 percent opportunity of being flooded in any given year.
However floods can occur anywhere. More than half of homes flooded by Hurricane Harvey were beyond designated flood zones.
Texas is particularly susceptible to floods particularly in two big parts of the state: the coast and a broad band called Flash Flood Street that extends through Central and North Texas. Almost every major city in Texas is in an area at high risk of flooding.
Flood maps are hard to maintain to this day because growth can contribute to flood threat. Prairies and pasture absorb excess rains from storms. When those lands are changed by concrete and asphalt it can put areas that never ever flooded previously at risk.
Flood insurance coverage.
Speak to your home insurance representative about getting a flood policy from the National Flood Insurance Program.
What it costs
The typical flood policy costs about $700 a year. The expense will differ depending on your flood threat the value of your home and the quantity of your deductible to name a few elements. Normally for houses that are not in a flood zone a flood policy can be extremely economical.
Whats covered
A flood insurance coverage will cover your home as much as $250000. Youll require a separate flood policy for your individual possessions which supplies coverage up to $100000.
Theres a wait
The majority of flood policies have a 30-day waiting duration prior to kicking in so do not await an approaching storm before choosing to purchase protection.
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