13 Million High-Risk Homes Sit Outside FEMA Flood Zones as El Niño Looms

Real Estate News · October 7, 2026 · Source: Realtor.com · By Allaire Conte · 3 min read at the source

Flooding in Cathedral City, CA.

Nearly 13 million high-risk properties sit outside FEMA’s mapped flood zones, where just 2% carried federal flood insurance as of April.

Reported by Allaire Conte for Realtor.com (Trends), originally published October 7, 2026.

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Topics: Trends, El Nino, Fema, Flood Insurance, Flooding, Rain, Weather

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