![]() “You want to make sure that they’ve got you classified you correctly," Rill said. Rill said you should inform yourself now and not wait until October. That's because FEMA is including the risk of the Herbert Hoover Dike failing in their new maps. “I think a lot of the biggest changes are in western and central counties," said Doug Wise with the Palm Beach County Building Division. These new flood maps do not just impact properties close to the ocean. "Does your home have any mitigating factors? Like is it raised on a crawl space?” “They look at the construction of your home," Glass said. “So if you don’t have it, they can foreclose on your house because you don’t have it," Rill said.ĭepending on which flood zone type you're in (A, B or C) your premium will be different.ĭolores Glass with Wright Flood Insurance explained that's not the only factor. “It’ll be like, when someone gets their renewal they’ll be like: Oh my gosh! What happened to my policy? I wasn’t in a flood zone now I am in one," Rill said.įor many that will mean they will have no choice but to buy flood insurance. He said many people in the area are going to be surprised when they find out how the changes will affect them. "They’ve really expanded some of the areas," said Douglas Rill, a real estate agent with Century 21. That also means many are going to have to buy costly flood insurance. ![]() That's when the new FEMA flood map will take effect. Thousands of properties in Palm Beach County that weren't in a flood zone previously will now be in one come October.
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