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Flood Insurance & Development

Robert Siegel talks with Bill Cappuccio, Iowa State Coordinator of the Federal Flood Insurance Program. They discuss what's required of people who build in a flood plain to be covered by flood insurance. And they talk about how changes in flood insurance rules have affected development along rivers.

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