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			</p><p>Craig Stewart, vice-president at the Insurance Bureau of Canada, said it will still be months before the total economic losses from Harvey can be calculated.</p><p>“It’s clearly going to be one of the most costly [North American] events ever both from an insured and non-insured perspective,” Stewart said. “It’s going to take a long time for Houston to get back on its feet. And until businesses are operating, commercial losses will continue to mount.”</p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/3703254/hurricane-harvey-canada-cities-rainfall/">What Hurricane Harvey-level floods would look like in a Canadian city</a></strong></p><p>Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, said many homeowners in Harvey&#8217;s path of destruction do not have flood insurance and when families return home they will be forced to pay out-of-pocket or take on more debt for the necessary repairs.</p><blockquote><p>“The costs associated with the mental stress are going to be phenomenal,” said Feltmate. “Only about one out of six people in the Houston-area have any sort of insurance coverage at all, otherwise they are on their own. And even the coverage they do have will be very minimal.”</p></blockquote>	<div class="article-photo article-photo-inline photoCaptionWrapper">
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	<p>Private homeowners insurance in the U.S. typically covers just wind damage. Flood insurance policies have to be purchased by federally funded <a href="https://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program">National Flood Insurance Program</a>. Homeowners in areas known as Special Flood Hazard Zones are required to hold policies.</p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/3706335/houston-flooding-problems/">Houston’s flooding was ‘amplified’ by poor planning. Here’s what other cities can learn.</a></strong></p><p>Created in 1968, the NFIP is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is designed to help people in flood-prone areas get insurance for their properties. And following a series of disasters like Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy, the flood insurance program is about <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/07/hurricane-sandy-global-warming-flooding/">$24 billion in debt</a>.</p><p>Many have also complained about the high premiums which can be more than <a href="https://bsa.nfipstat.fema.gov/reports/1011.htm#TXT">$2,000 for homes</a> inside a floodplain and have chosen to remain uninsured against floods.</p><p>The U.S. research firm <a href="http://www.corelogic.com/about-us/news/corelogic-analysis-shows-more-than-200,000-homes-in-texas-at-potential-risk-of-storm-surge-damage-from-hurricane-harvey.aspx">CoreLogic estimates</a> about 1.2-million properties in greater Houston area are at high/moderate risk of flooding but are not in a designated flood zone requiring insurance — roughly half of all properties in that area.</p><h3><strong>Are Canadians protected from flooding?</strong></h3><p>If similar flooding seen in Texas were to occur in Canada, Feltmate said most homeowners would be left out to dry.</p><p>Feltmate said there are two types of flood insurance available in Canada: insurance for flooding caused by backed up sewer pipes and overland flood insurance, which covers damage from water flowing above ground and seeping in through doors and windows.</p><p>“For most Canadians they have some sort of sewer back up coverage, very few have overland flood coverage,” he said. “[Canadians] should be calling their insurance provider and getting it very clear when it comes to flooding what am I covered for and what am I not covered for.”</p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/3425571/flood-insurance-canada/">Flooding, flooding everywhere – do Canadians have insurance for it?</a></strong></p>			<a class="story-img-link" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-stickyiframe="video_3448659" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/3448659/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=video_3448659">
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		<p>Felmate said overland flood insurance is a relatively new product in Canada and insurers only started offering it after the <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/857638/june-flooding-in-alberta-called-costliest-natural-disaster-in-canadian-history/">2013 flooding in Alberta</a>. He said the average cost of a flooded basement in major urban centres is roughly $42,000.</p><p>Severe weather events and natural disasters are becoming increasingly common, prompted by climate change, and the damage caused by hurricanes, fires and floods is also rising.</p><p>Stewart said there is a trend in the escalation of severe weather events, both in terms of length, intensity, and frequency of storms.</p><p>“Houston has just received three one-in-500-year events within the last five years,” he said. “In Canada, the floods that we saw <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/ottawa-flooding/">this spring </a>across the country are certainly an indicator of what is to come over the next few decades.”</p><p><strong>WATCH:</strong> <strong>Harvey makes second landfall in Louisiana, residents urged to go into &#8216;survival mode&#8217;</strong></p>			<a class="story-img-link" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-stickyiframe="video_3706118" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/3706118/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=video_3706118">
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		<p>Data from the Insurance Bureau of Canada shows that the annual economic cost of disasters around the world has increased from an average of $25 billion a year in the 1980s to an average of $130 billion a year in the 2000s.</p><p>In Canada, federal disaster relief spending between 2010 and 2016 rose even more to an average of over $600 million a year. In 2016, the wildfires in <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/fort-mcmurray/">Fort McMurray</a> and flooding in Atlantic Canada caused $4.9 billion in insured damages – surpassing the previous annual record of $3.2 billion set in 2013, according <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/2808805/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-cost-of-damage-from-alberta-disaster-to-be-released/">to the IBC</a>.</p><p>&#8220;As a country, we&#8217;re not ready,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;Even large U.S. cities are not prepared for these types of events and it&#8217;s no different in Canada.&#8221;</p>	<div class="article-photo article-photo-inline photoCaptionWrapper">
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