Intentional flooding

[disneykid52]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? La.
Below is part of an article I just read dated today.

"LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. - Army engineers prepared Saturday to slowly open the gates of an emergency spillway along the rising Mississippi River, diverting floodwaters from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, yet inundating homes and farms in parts of Louisiana's populated Cajun country.

About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be in harm's way when the Morganza spillway is unlocked for the first time in 38 years. Sheriffs and National Guardsmen were warning people in a door-to-door sweep through the area, and shelters were ready to accept up to 4,800 evacuees, Gov. Bobby Jindal said."

Ok question. Since this will not be considered an "act of God" will insurance companies not have to pay these affected?

 

[moburkes]

What does your insurance policy say?

 

[TheGeekess]

What does your insurance policy say?

OP likes to post hypotheticals. I don't think that OP lives in any area affected by the decisions of the Army Corp of Engineers.

 

[moburkes]

I get it. But OP isn't a newbie and OP knows that they haven't had to do this in a really long time, so there are lots of questions. Generally, land isn't covered by insurance. But buildings, crops, and livestock can be. The only place the answer can be found is in an insurance policy. Most of us aren't lawyers, and even if we were, most of us haven't been confronted with this issue.

So the only answer is in his insurance policy.

 

[JustAPal00]

I think it's still an act of god. They're just letting the water flow where it would naturally.