Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New York City And Northeast Brace for Flooding Rains From Weekend Storm
Oct 10 2025 // New York City and the Northeast are in the crosshairs of a massive coastal storm that’s poised to bring high winds, surging tides and heavy rain throughout the region starting Sunday. Drenching rain and strong winds...
Florida’s Citizens Is Deferring Flood Coverage Proof While NFIP Is Shut Down
Oct 6 2025 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is deferring the required proof of flood insurance while the federal government shutdown continues and the National Flood Insurance Program is in limbo. “Citizens...
Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish Improves Flood Rating
Oct 6 2025 // Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana could soon see a reduction in flood insurance premiums, after the parish improved its class rating for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Jefferson Parish’s...
Flood Insurer Neptune Shares Climb 24% After $368 Million US IPO
Oct 2 2025 // Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. shares jumped 24% after the flood insurance company’s shareholders raised $368.4 million in a US initial public offering. Shares of the St. Petersburg, Florida-based firm closed at...
Central Texas Floods Reveal Need to Improve Disaster Response in Unincorporated Areas
Sep 30 2025 // Rain was already coursing through the usually dry creek near Abraham Stallins’ home in the Texas Hill Country when a flash flood warning lit up his phone. It was just after midnight on July 5, and many neighbors were...
4 Dead After Flooding in Arizona, Including in Historic Mining Town
Sep 29 2025 // Four people died after heavy rain caused flooding in Arizona, including three in a rural 19th-century mining town where floodwaters on Friday forced people to seek safety on rooftops and washed out a propane...
Lawmakers Press FEMA on the Future of US Flood Insurance
Sep 29 2025 // Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at the agency that runs it, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In a letter to...
Flood-Focused Neptune’s IPO Joins Boom in Niche Insurer Debuts
Sep 29 2025 // Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. is hoping its record of growth and profitability selling flood insurance policies will generate the same investor enthusiasm for its US IPO that greeted most debuts by other firms in the...
Update: National Flood Insurance Program Expires
Sep 25 2025 // About six months after Congress passed a short-term reauthorization, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expired Oct.1—a prospect that will cause coverage lapses for policyholders with expiring contracts at the...
Kentucky Distillery Bounces Back From Flood That Halted Bourbon Production
Sep 25 2025 // The long history of bourbon production at Buffalo Trace Distillery has been connected to the Kentucky River — summed up as a blessing and curse by a plaque on the grounds. In the 1800s, long before the Buffalo Trace name...
Camp Mystic Plans Partial Reopening After Devastating Texas Floods
Sep 24 2025 // Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ camp where 25 young campers and two counselors died during the July 4 flooding, will reopen one of its campsites in 2026, according to an email shared with families. Camp Mystic...
Jefferson Parish’s Improved Flood Rating to Bring Cost Savings for Residents
Sep 17 2025 // Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana could soon see a reduction in flood insurance premiums, after the parish improved its class rating for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Jefferson Parish’s...
Six States to Receive Federal Disaster Aid From Summer Floods
Sep 15 2025 // President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding...
Hong Kong Boosts Flood Management as Climate Change Fuels Heavy Rains
Sep 12 2025 // Two years ago, extreme rainfall inundated Hong Kong, turning roads into raging rapids, submerging cars and flooding malls, making it one of the city’s most costly weather events ever. When another round of...
New Texas Laws Ban Youth Cabins in Floodways, Require Camp Safety Plans
Sep 8 2025 // In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country, Blake Bonner found himself wondering whether the tragedy was simply an unstoppable act of God, or if...
With Storms, Flooding and Potential FEMA Cuts, Parametric Flood Is on the Rise
Sep 4 2025 // With inland flooding, storm surge losses and government cutbacks on the rise, parametric flood insurance may finally be having a moment in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast. “It’s starting to get some...
IPO Floodgates Open for Fall Season as Trump Tariff Worries Ease
Sep 3 2025 // A slew of companies across sectors ranging from crypto to consumer launched U.S. IPO roadshows on Tuesday, kicking off the post-Labor Day fall window as investor anxiety over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs...
A Texas Congressman Is Helping Musk Pitch $760M Tunnel Project for Flooding
Aug 29 2025 // The devastating flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 killed dozens of people, inundated hundreds of thousands of homes and left the community desperate for a solution. Since then, local flood experts have...
Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Landslides and Deaths in Vietnam and Thailand
Aug 29 2025 // Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides Wednesday in parts of Southeast Asia, where at least eight deaths were reported in the aftermath of a tropical storm. Flooding occurred in several northern and central provinces of...
Hurricane Remnants Threaten Swiss Alps With Floods, Landslides
Aug 28 2025 // The remnants of Hurricane Erin will contribute to torrential rain across the Swiss Alps over the next two days, raising the risk of dangerous flooding and landslides. Switzerland’s state forecaster has issued the...
