Many North Carolina Helene victims did not have flood insurance

Only 0.7% of Buncombe County residents had flood insurance when Helene flooded their properties.

Hurricane Helene survivors in North Carolina are struggling without flood insurance, and now risk losing everything they own.

Only 2 percent of households in flooded parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina can get insurance payments.

FEMA says only 4% of U.S. homeowners have flood insurance and many of those affected by Helene flooding are just discovering they don't have ...

As the aftermath of the hurricane's ruinous and deadly route across the Southeast illustrates, the alarming lack of flood insurance coverage ...

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

Yet, 90 percent of natural disasters involve flooding. Most policies are purchased by residents who are required to have flood coverage, not ...

An NBC poll shows that only 2% had flood insurance.

Charlotte Hicks, a flood insurance expert in North Carolina who has led flood risk training and educational outreach for the state's ...

While floods are considered one of the most common and costly natural disasters in the country, FEMA says just 4% of U.S. homes have flood ...

In the NC mountains where Helene hit hardest, less than 1% of homeowners have flood insurance.

The Washington Post estimated only 0.8% of homes in affected inland counties had coverage, leaving most homeowners without insurance to help ...

In Buncombe County, North Carolina, where Asheville — a city at the forefront of the storm's devastation — is located, just 0.7% of homeowners ...

North Carolina has 129,933 such policies in force, according to FEMA's latest data, though most of that protection will likely be concentrated ...

Roughly 1 in 200 family homes in Hurricane Helene-devastated Appalachia have flood insurance, according to a report.

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Many homeowners in North Carolina won't be insured against flooding or landslides due to the fragmented way in which disasters are covered.

Hurricane Helene's rains devastated North Carolina last week — but most homeowners in the state didn't have flood insurance, according to ...

Charlotte Hicks, a flood insurance expert in North Carolina who has led flood risk training and educational outreach for the state's ...

Many North Carolina Helene victims did not have flood insurance ; Nearly a dozen members of a single North Carolina family were killed by ...