The deadline approaches for victims of Hurricane Irene to file flood insurance claims. Residents who experienced damage have until Wednesday to send a damage report to insurers that issued a National Flood Insurance Policy. This week's deadline is a 30-day extension of the original October cutoff. FEMA spokesman Jeff Welsh says that was in response to residents who were not satisfied with inspections immediately after Hurricane Irene.
Jeff Welsh: "We expanded the hotline operation that we set up here in the t field office so that anyone who wanted their flood damage inspection done over could call that number and NFIP would the insurer and ask them to do a reinspection."
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has asked FEMA to extend the deadline at least two more weeks. Goodwin says some residents were not aware of this week's deadline.
