According to a 2019 Verisk study, less than 5% of U.S. homes have any flood insurance, even as nearly 50% of U.S. homes are at moderate to extreme risk of flooding. The most recent Neptune Consumer Survey of Flood Awareness paints a bleaker picture: Sixty percent of respondents believed their homes were at "low to no risk" of flooding, while one in three respondents believes their home is "not in a flood zone" and 33% of homeowners don't even know what flood zone they are in.
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