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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Michael Phillis and M.k. Wildeman

Millions who need flood insurance the most don’t have it as flawed federal program raises prices

Flood Insurance Unprotected - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

In eastern Kentucky, Libby Honeycutt listened upstairs to the sound of glass breaking below as floodwaters tore apart her house. Twenty-six miles to the south, Ronald Conley rescued his dogs from his elevated house with a pontoon boat. Jennifer Campbell heard the screams from across the river of a neighbor desperate for rescue.s

They all remember the horrifying speed of that July 2022 flood that also isolated so many by knocking out cell service, leaving people unable to learn the fate of loved ones.

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