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Escambia Neighborhood Shows How FEMA's Maps Are Wrong

07/02/2021 Escambia Neighborhood Shows How FEMA's Maps Are Wrong A neighborhood in Escambia County’s District 5 shows the problem with flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Homes in Floodplains Overvalued by Nearly $44 Billion, Study Says

05/07/2021 Homes in Floodplains Overvalued by Nearly $44 Billion, Study Says Almost 4 million single-family homes in floodplains are overvalued at an average of $11,526, according to new research from Stanford University…

Escambia Family Hopes They Can Finally Rebuild After Home’s Sixth Flood Insurance Payout

11/07/2020 Escambia Family Hopes They Can Finally Rebuild After Home’s Sixth Flood Insurance Payout In 2014, historic rainfall flooded the first floor of Doug and Wendy Underhill’s home on a barrier island near Pensacola, Fla. It would be the…

Escambia County Nearly Doubles Miami-Dade's Repeat Flood Insurance Payouts

10/02/2020 Escambia County Nearly Doubles Miami-Dade's Repeat Flood Insurance Payouts Escambia County sits at the northwest corner of Florida, near the Alabama state line. It has roughly one-tenth of the population of Miami-Dade…

4 Myths About Flood Insurance Every Florida Homeowner Should Know

08/27/2020 4 Myths About Flood Insurance Every Florida Homeowner Should Know For most of America’s history, very few people had flood insurance because it was too risky for insurers and too expensive for homeowners. Then, in…