FEMA won't extend deadline on flood claims

WSHU | By Charles Lane

Published November 22, 2013 at 5:44 PM EST

Despite pleas from elected officials FEMA will keep the one year statute of limitation deadline for those filing claims backed by the national flood insurance program. WSHU's Charles Lane reports lawyers are scrambling.

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