FEMA Urges Californians To Buy Flood Insurance Now To Get Head Start On El Niño
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) -- Californians should hurry if they want to get a head start on El Niño.
Federal emergency officials are urging Californians to buy flood insurance -- even those who don't live near creeks or rivers -- as El Niño conditions get underway in the Pacific Ocean, increasing chances for heavy storms this winter.
Roy Wright, a deputy associate administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, encouraged Californians to take the threat of El Niño seriously.
Wright said Friday that if there ever was a time to buy flood insurance "this is that time."
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Forecasters say that January, February and March are expected to get the brunt of this winter's heavy rainfall across California.
Wright says there is a 30-day waiting period for new flood insurance policies to go into effect.
