STATE OFFICIALS URGE PENNSYLVANIANS TO CONSIDER GETTING FLOOD INSURANCE

The acting state insurance commissioner and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director are urging property owners to prepare for hurricane season by considering flood insurance. Their remarks come in a state news release about the impact of Hurricane Agnes that hit the state 50 years ago this past week. It destroyed 68-thousand homes. The officials say standard homeowners policies do not usually cover flood damage and there are only 50-thousand homes statewide that have the coverage currently.