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)
Newsday graphic of Long Island areas affected by
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...
