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Flood insurance discounts and heavier storms
Summary
Middletown's FEMA Community Rating System work keeps a 15% flood insurance discount for coastal residents (5% for everyone else), but recent record rains are flooding streets that never used to flood, making mitigation education more urgent.
At a glance
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Last discussed Aug 17, 2026.
Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
The discount saves flood-policy holders real money — average premiums run about $1,200 a year.
✅Who benefits
The roughly 3,000 homes in the special flood hazard area, mostly in North Middletown.
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