Intense flooding that hammered British Columbia91裸聊视频檚 coast last month has led to more than $110 million in insured damage claims.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says insurers have been working with clients for the last few weeks since the Category 4 atmospheric river caused 91裸聊视频渟ignificant flood damage91裸聊视频� to Metro Vancouver properties in Coquitlam, Burnaby, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Surrey.

The bureau says the intense rainfall and wind 91裸聊视频� which prompted a local state of emergency in North Vancouver on Oct. 20 91裸聊视频� resulted in overflowing rivers, sewer backups, and flooding on roads and in parking garages and basements.

It says that while some residential flood insurance is available, it may be limited or inaccessible to some, forcing them to rely on government disaster financial assistance for their recovery.

About 10 per cent of Canadian households cannot access flood insurance, and the bureau is again calling on the federal government to 91裸聊视频渇ully fund91裸聊视频� the National Flood Insurance Program.

It says a national program would provide financial protection to high-risk households, and reduce disaster costs to federal and provincial government treasuries.

91裸聊视频淩ather than responding with disaster financial assistance in the aftermath of catastrophes, this program would be a proactive, cost-effective approach to managing the financial toll when disasters strike,91裸聊视频� the bureau says in a news release.

91裸聊视频淲hile the federal government has committed to its creation, the program has yet to be fully funded.91裸聊视频�

It says insured losses related to severe weather in Canada now routinely exceed $3 billion annually and a new record has been set this year, reaching more than $7.7 billion.