00:00 Knowing your zone this hurricane
00:02 season can keep you and your family safe.
00:04 However, there are two zones to be aware of.
00:08 The first zone is your hurricane
00:10 evacuation zone in Florida.
00:12 That is typically a through F.
00:14 A through E typically lines up with
00:16 Cat one through Cat 5 hurricane in
00:19 general and then F is usually low
00:21 line flooding areas. The second
00:23 zone is your flood zone. You need
00:26 to know what if you're in a FEMA
00:29 flood zone again. Those typically
00:30 are a AEV V and X hurricane
00:33 evacuation zones are used during
00:35 major storms with life threatening
00:37 storm surge coastal areas are typically
00:39 evacuated before inland areas.
00:41 Flood zones are important during any
00:43 storm that dumps significant rainfall.
00:45 They show how vulnerable your
00:47 property is to flooding based on
00:49 things like historical weather data
00:51 and how close you live to bodies of
00:54 water flooding in Florida can happen
00:56 anytime of the year.
00:58 We do see it associated a lot with
01:00 hurricanes and specifically storm surge,
01:02 but at the same time it could
01:04 happen any point in time.
01:05 Knowing your flood zone is useful when
01:08 deciding where to buy or build a new home.
01:10 It also helps when buying flood insurance.
01:12 The average FEMA payout when a FEMA
01:15 disaster declaration is given in the
01:17 state of Florida is about $5000.
01:19 If you so happen to match that grant out,
01:21 that maximum payout is just shy of $80,000,
01:24 so you cannot rebuild your home on $80,000.
01:27 Much less 5000.
01:28 Do not wait until a hurricane is about
01:30 to make landfall to know these zones.
01:32 Doing the research now can help you
01:35 figure out where to seek shelter during
01:37 a storm when minutes or even seconds can
01:39 be the difference between life and death.
01:42 For Accuweather, I'm Emmy Victor.
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