Insuring Against Risk Behind Levees 'Not a Prudent Step'

摘要

In administering the National Flood Insurance Program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs a more modern approach to analyzing and managing flood risk behind levees — one that would give public officials and individual property owners a clearer idea of the risks they face and how they should address them, says a new report from the National Research Council. Because levees can reduce but not eliminate the risk of flooding, the agency should also encourage communities behind levees to use multiple methods to reduce risk and increase awareness of these risks.