Tens of thousands of South Florida homeowners will be required to buy flood insurance. Are you on the list?

Tens of thousands of homeowners in Florida will soon be required to buy flood insurance, and the flooding that inundated large areas of Broward and Miami-Dade counties this week shows why insurance experts say it’s necessary.

In Broward County, 88,913 parcels that were previously in low-risk flood zones on flood hazard maps updated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program will be moved into special flood hazard zones, according to a new flood map revision that takes effect July 31.