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“Los Angeles County Public Works is also working to educate the public about flood risk so residents can develop emergency plans and reduce their financial risk through the purchase of flood insurance.”

For years the Kingfisher Cafe could not get flood insurance.

Flood insurance must be purchased by home and business owners in high-risk areas with mortgages from federally regulated or insured lenders.

Traditional homeowner policies don’t include flood insurance, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency runs a flood insurance program that serves 5 million homeowners in the U.S., mostly along the East Coast.

He hasn't been able to afford flood insurance, so he's not sure how much financial support he'll end up getting to help him rebuild even as he's still recovering from Hurricane Idalia, which pummeled Florida's Big Bend area in August.