Water Damage and Mold in Miami-Dade County, FL

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Miami-Dade County, by the numbers

40.5%of homes here sit in the mapped flood zone, and most of those did buy flood cover

74.5%of the homes inside that zone hold a separate flood policy. It starts 30 days after purchase

75°FJuly dew point. Opening a window here adds water to the house instead of removing it

0days a year at or below 20°F. Frozen pipes are not the local story; appliances are

A cardboard box being lifted from a wet floor onto a dining table with other boxes already raised — Height beats distance. Dragging a soaked rug through three dry rooms turns one wet room into four.

The line people find out about too late

A homeowners policy answers for water that escapes suddenly inside the house: a pipe, a hose, a water heater, an overflow. It does not answer for water that rises from outside. That is flood, it is bought separately, and cover starts 30 days after purchase.

It also does not answer for a leak that has been weeping behind a wall for a year, and the mold that came with it is excluded on the same reasoning.

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What floods houses here, and who pays.

Miami-Dade County, by the numbers

The line people find out about too late

Towns in Miami-Dade County