Commercial property owners should take note of changing weather patterns. According to the National Climate Assessment, a report created by the Federal Advisory Committee with the help of more than 300 experts, heavy downpours have increased in recent decades throughout the United States, especially in the Northeast, Midwest and Great Plains. Flooding has also been a major issue, resulting in an average loss of almost 8 billion dollars each year between 19981 and 2011 – and flooding is expected to worsen in the coming years.

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