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Time and time again, we see these catastrophic flood events where very few consumers have a flood policy.

If you're like most American homeowners, you probably don't have flood insurance.

What you need to know, even if you're far from the current disaster zones in Texas and New Jersey.

It's Wednesday, July 16th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WVR, Boston.

I'm Chris Bentley.

Today on the show, as wildfires raged through Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona officials

criticized the Trump administration and the National Park Service for letting it get out of hand.

Also, the U.S. ambassador to Israel is calling the killing of an American citizen in the West Bank

a criminal and terrorist act. We'll speak with the father of Seifala Musilet, who says his son

was beaten to death by Israeli settlers.

He was the most loved one between all of his friends. He was the one that made them laugh.

That interview coming up in about 10 minutes. But first, flooding is a huge and growing problem

for just about every part of the country. The latest reminders of that

reality are the flash flooding in New York and New Jersey that killed at least two people

and closed down subway lines earlier this week, and of course the catastrophic flooding

along the Guadalupe River in central Texas. That news had many of us at here and now,

wondering why do so few homeowners

have flood insurance policies? And should they get one? To better understand the flood

insurance market, we called up Mark Friedlander. He's with the Insurance Information Institute.

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