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![Most Americans receive little or no information about flood risk before they buy a house, leading millions to put their safety, belongings and financial security in harm's way.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cameron_flood-1-2-76e89219287dd00ca6f160e480007062d21a044a-scaled-e1603246602813-900x422.jpg)
Living In Harm’s Way: Why Most Flood Risk Is Not Disclosed
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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About 15 million properties in the U.S. are prone to flooding, but patchwork and ineffective disclosure laws mean most people get little to no information about flood risk before they move.
![In August 2017, the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston was over capacity after floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey inundated the city. This hurricane season, congregate shelters — from school gyms to vast convention centers — risk becoming infection hot spots if evacuees pack into them as they have in the past.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-840577266-dbd5f3c56d74e8aba926026b0026c2dc78b0c183-scaled-e1595431348830-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Disaster Response Scrambles To Protect People From Both Hurricanes And COVID-19
By: Abby Wendle | NPR
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Hotel rooms would be “ideal” for housing an overflow of evacuees from shelters practicing social distancing, but few towns have them lined up in the southeast, where coronavirus infections are raging.