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Children are especially vulnerable repetitive loss for flood rescue
and should not be allowed to play area property
in or around flowing or flood water. owners
Topic 4: Protect Your Property from the Hazard
Flood preparedness tip: Installing Property
flood vents in the foundation walls owners, new
of a structure can help protect the homeowners,
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structure from flood damage by Cost savings and developers,
building
reducing the pressure from flood reduced flood-related repetitive loss
damage flood
waters. Contact the Newport News property losses area property
insurance claims
Stormwater Division for more owners, socially
information at 757-933-2311 or vulnerable areas,
311@nnva.gov. realtors
Flood preparedness tip: Store your Property
valuables, family photographs, and owners, new
insurance papers in a waterproof homeowners,
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container at an elevated height Cost savings and insurance
contents
(upstairs) to protect them from reduced flood-related agents, renters,
damage flood
flooding. Put your insurance property losses repetitive loss
insurance claims
agent’s phone number in a safe area property
place where you can easily access owners, socially
it after a flood. vulnerable areas
Property
owners, new
homeowners,
Flood preparedness tip: Elevate air-
Cost savings and developers, Reduced
conditioning units and furnaces or
reduced flood-related businesses, damage to
create a shield to divert water to
damage to utilities repetitive loss utilities and
protect your utilities or appliances
and appliances area property appliances
from flooding.
owners, socially
vulnerable areas,
realtors
Homeowners can take steps to Property
protect their property from owners, new
flooding, including elevating, homeowners,
floodproofing, and protecting Cost savings and developers, Reduced
service equipment. Check out the reduced flood-related businesses, building
Homeowners Guide to Retrofitting damage to utilities repetitive loss damage flood
at and appliances area property insurance claims
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default owners, socially
/files/2020-08/FEMA_P-312.pdf vulnerable areas,
realtors
Topic 5: Build Responsibly
Is your property in a flood-prone
area? High-risk flood areas have Reduced flood Developers,
special permit requirements. damages and property
Decreased code
Before you build, fill, or alter your alteration of natural owners, new
violations
property, always check with the floodplains; enhanced homeowners,
City of Newport News Department safety realtors
of Codes Compliance at (757) 933-
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