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NFIP Must Address Prone Flooding Areas and Debt to Succeed, Executive Says

Nearly 1,000 properties in the United States have suffered 10 or more flood-related paid losses since 1978 under the National Flood Insurance Program, a finding that should move Congress to cut . . .

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