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New maps add 25,000 LI homeowners in flood zones
Photo credit: Newsday Photo, 2007 / Thomas A. Ferrara | Tom Cormack carries a neighbor, Shannon McGhean, 9, through water that flooded his backyard in Freeport. (April 2007)
More than 25,000 Long Island homeowners may have to buy flood insurance that costs up to $2,000 because their homes are in newly designated flood-prone areas in federal maps that go into effect next month.
However, the homeowners can reduce the cost of a flood policy by buying coverage before Sept. 11 in Nassau and Sept. 25 in Suffolk — when the new Federal Emergency Management Agency maps...
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