John Oliver turned to a puppet seagull to help him break down the devastating problems of the U.S. government’s federal flood insurance program. The “Last Week Tonight” host offered a detailed report about how the National Flood Insurance Program actually hurts the most vulnerable of flood-prone homeowners. “Essentially, a government program that was supposed to help people in flooded homes is sometimes trapping them inside them indefinitely,” Oliver said. He then conversed with a Tostitos-obsessed puppet seagull to drive the point home. That storm caused affected 24 states and caused $71.4 billion in damage.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2017 10:18 UTC