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Repeated flooding with denied disaster status leaves residents without aid

Communities hit by frequent floods are denied federal disaster declarations, leaving them without relief and insurance support.

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• Just watched footage of a neighborhood I grew up in, completely destroyed by flooding. Third major flood event there in 5 years. FEMA keeps denying the area federal disaster status. The residents aren't wealthy. They can't just move. And now insurance companies are pulling out of the state entirely. This is a real crisis.