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Residents Fear of Flooding on Virginia’s Vulnerable Coast on the Rise

When floodwaters poured into Holly Furlong’s Virginia Beach home in October, she ripped out electrical cords and rushed her four children upstairs. They spent the next two days without power, building blanket forts while anxiously waiting for sewage-tainted waters to …

South Texas School Superintendent Estimates $12M in Flood Damage

A Southeast Texas school district where flooding swamped an elementary school with 5 feet of water faces an estimated $12 million in losses and little insurance coverage, an administrator said Wednesday. Deweyville Independent School District Superintendent Kevin Clark remained upbeat …

New Jersey Senator Calls for Investigation of Sandy Insurance Claims

The Federal Emergency Management Agency should investigate allegations that insurance companies handling Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims are manipulating them to shortchange victims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez said Friday. At a press conference in his Newark office, Menendez called on …