That's because most Americans, including in the communities ravaged by the massive storm, lack flood insurance. As the aftermath of the hurricane's ruinous and deadly route across the Southeast ...

Many residents are facing severe property damage—and they're finding out too late that they're not covered by flood insurance. More From Newsweek Vault: How Much Equity Do You Need for a ...

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In Buncombe County, N.C., where an entire town disappeared beneath floodwaters, less than 1 percent of households had flood insurance. In Unicoi County, Tenn., where dozens of residents were ...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg ordered private drone flights suspended in North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene flood zone, sparking fierce outcry from those frustrated by the government ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A flash flood warning that was issued Thursday evening for parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. The flash flood warning was in effect for northwestern Hillsborough ...

Ward, like many other homeowners hit by last week's storm, did not have flood insurance, and she said her insurance company denied her husband's claim. It was a surprise to Ward, 61, who used to ...

Only about 2% of residences in the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene-related power outages were protected by flood insurance, according to an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data ...

Hundreds of thousands of people across parts of the Southeast will struggle to rebuild their homes after Hurricane Helene for one reason: Hardly anyone has flood insurance. In dozens of counties ...

Homeowners who have flood insurance could get some financial relief for the waters that breached their homes. Unfortunately, though, a standard homeowners insurance policy doesn’t cover flood ...

As search and rescue missions and a yearslong cleanup of the catastrophic Hurricane Helene are only beginning in East Tennessee, water continues to pour into reservoirs and flood communities ...