Efforts to change flood insurance stall
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Despite promising changes, Congress has shown little enthusiasm for taking the unpopular steps that experts say are necessary to fix the nation's main flood insurance program.
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People in flood-hit areas are urged not to panic as massive efforts begin to get drinking water to those stranded.
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By Rindi White, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Sep. 6--WASILLA -- When heavy rains caused rivers and creeks to flood Aug. 18 and 19, the American Red Cross responded with more help than flood victims needed, Red Cross officials said.
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If you want insurance coverage against floods, you need to get it sooner than you think.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Revisions to the state's new marsh rules allowing some exceptions for "hardships" caused by a 50-foot buffer zone could be approved in July after a Board of Natural Resources committee signed off on the changes Tuesday.
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As owner of a beachfront home in Hernando County, Cheryl Labbe has gotten used to rising rates for her homeowners&#39; insurance. During Florida&#39;s four-hurricane barrage, letters
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Marsh & McLennan tries to cut its way to an operational recovery.
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Association of British Insurers warns that cover may not be offered to up to 1m homes built on floodplains
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Sir - i refer to the article'Rights to River Access' (Country & Farming, January 9). Paddy Rooney's point about flouting the law is hardly an argument for changing it.
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Despite aggressive efforts to repair the New Orleans levee system following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, it isn't clear yet whether it could withstand a hurricane with heavy storm surge this year, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday.
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Protection of fresh water needs prompt clarification and strengthening in the United States.
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 6--With the Everglades restoration running behind schedule, the region's water management agency has proposed water-supply restrictions that would raise bills and make future development more expensive.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN Journal Staff Writer  Environment New Mexico and other environmental groups called for far-reaching policy changes to address the state's water woes Wednesday.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday froze property insurance rates and blocked insurers from canceling policies as the state prepares for another hurricane season and insurance reforms kick in.
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A growing number of insurance companies are adding high windstorm damage deductibles to homeowner policies.
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Problem of abandoned or storm-wrecked single-wides pushes states toward controversial fee on new units.
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By Aaron Kinney  BURLINGAME -- A proposed state law would bring relief to Burlingame and other Peninsula cities that have struggled to finance needed storm-drainage improvements.   The bill, introduced Wednesday by state Sens.