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Louisiana Flood Insurance Claims Statistics
Every hurricane season the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) pays out millions of dollars to victims who find themselves in the wake of our planets most deadly natural disasters: flooding.
This infographic visually represents facts about flooding, and the payouts made by the NFIP.
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Bachus & Schanker has created these statistics to help prepare Louisiana residents for flooding disasters.
Facts about Louisiana Flooding:
Despite the NFIP paying out over $16 Billion to Louisiana flood victims since 1978, only 29% of households in 2011 currently have flood insurance.
Flood comparison:
The 12.9 Billion in payouts for Katrina could buy enough crawfish, stretched head to tail, to stretch from the earth to the moon 4 times.
Louisiana Flood Resources:
LA Mapping Project - View the flood insurance map for your parish.
National Flood Insurance Program - FEMA's official site of the National Flood Insurance Program.
Ready.gov - Learn flood safety awareness and preparation.
Sources for the Louisiana Flood Statistics Infographic include:
- http://www.ready.gov/floodawareness
- http://www.lamappingproject.com/parishes.html
- http://bsa.nfipstat.com/reports/1040.htm
- http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_during.shtm and http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/poll_indicates_that_louisiana.html
- http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/statistics/sign1000.shtm
- http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_before.shtm
- http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_during.shtm
- http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_after.shtm
- http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/2005katrina/statistics.shtm
