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October 2, 2026

Millions who need flood insurance the most don't have it

  • High prices and flood maps that don't accurately describe a location's flood risk are big drivers.
    • By MICHAEL PHILLIS and M.K. WILDEMAN
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — 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.

    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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