Source: Kevin Freking, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 7/31/18

The Senate has voted to extend for four months the program that provides flood insurance for nearly 5 million homeowners and business owners. The bill's passage by an 86-12 vote Tuesday averts a scenario where people living in coastal communities would have been unable to renew their flood insurance policies or purchase new ones during the peak of hurricane season.

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