The National Flood Insurance Program will pay claims for damage to homes and contents from oil driven ashore during hurricanes, its officials have announced.
In a statement, Rachel Racusen, press secretary to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which runs the flood program, said, "The mixing of oil and other pollutants in flood water is not unusual during a storm."
She added, "Damage caused by these pollutants in flood waters is covered under the NFIP, subject to the provisions in the Standard Flood Insurance Policy."
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