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Flooded home? Call your insurance agent and a restoration company fast.
Read full article: Flooded home? Call your insurance agent and a restoration company fast.“First thing, you should always call your insurance agent, get your most recent policy information and advise him what is going on and let him do the work for you,” said Mark Youngelson, an insurance agent. Flood insurance is an add-on — and one he recommends even if you don’t live in a flood zone. There’s high risk and there’s low risk,” he said. “I view flood insurance as a valuable coverage because the biggest investment I will make in my life is going to be the home that I buy.”Without flood insurance, the repairs are likely to be costly. Restoration companies have been hard at work since Eta left the area, extracting standing water out of homes.
Flooding continues a day after Eta for some parts of Broward County
Read full article: Flooding continues a day after Eta for some parts of Broward CountyBROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Tropical Storm Eta dumped more than two feet of rain in some areas of Broward County Monday, leaving drivers stalled in the street with nowhere to go. “I feel, like, invaded by rain,” Melrose Park resident Lillie Charles said. In Fort Lauderdale’s Melrose Park neighborhood, the water was draining too slowly, leaving roadways still impassable on Tuesday. Laundry room flooded. Many cars stalled out in the high water and had to be towed and the Swap Shop parking lot was flooded Monday.