Because flood is a different kind of risk from the perils a home policy is built for. Flood losses tend to affect whole areas at once rather than one house, which is why the market handles it separately, through the federal program or a private flood carrier, rather than inside a standard home, condo, or renters policy. Two practical consequences: rising external water is generally excluded even though certain water damage originating inside the home may be covered, and new flood coverage normally has a waiting period, so it cannot be added once a storm is on the way.
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