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Less than one in every 100 homes in western North Carolina had flood coverage less than 1% of their homes.
Federal maps that outline flood potential, those are old, they're outdated, they only account for coastal storm surge and river flooding, not the landslides and the flooded valleys of Western Carolina .
Andrew Room Ock is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute who studies household risks from natural disasters.
Do you think everyone should have flood insurance?.
Rumbach: Flood insurance is the first line of defense for most people.
He says it's affordable, especially for people who live in areas that they don't think it's going to flood.
But again, we can talk later about some some bigger reforms we need, but for now, you should purchase flood insurance.
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