Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Texas Bill Would Levy Stricter Penalties on Camps Following Hill Country Flood
Aug 26 2025 // A bill that would tighten how youth camps are penalized for safety deficiencies and that would diminish the industry’s influence on a state advisory committee has gained traction in the Legislature. While Senate Bill...
Emergency Recordings Show Chaos of Deadly Texas Floods
Aug 25 2025 // Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose. Firefighters and police raced to help, having little guidance on where or how. Top emergency leaders...
Texas Lawmakers Advance Flood Bills With Grieving Parents in Attendance
Aug 22 2025 // Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130 people, including two teenage counselors and 25 young girls at Camp Mystic who had been asleep in their cabins before...
How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk
Aug 22 2025 // When Hurricane Helene barreled across several southern states last fall, it destroyed homes and killed more than 150 people. The storm also took out one of the country’s main factories producing intravenous fluid...
Montpelier Flood Mitigation Plan Calls for Removing Dam, Restoring Floodplain
Aug 21 2025 // In Montpelier, city officials plan to remove the Pioneer Street Dam and restore a nearby floodplain. Together, the projects are predicted to have compounding positive effects that reduce flood risk in the city. The Pioneer...
Texas Senate Passes Bills Aimed at Improving Flood Safety
Aug 19 2025 // The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the second special session of the year for the Legislature, focusing first on...
Temporary Barriers Spared Alaska’s Capital From Severe Flooding, Long-Term Fix Elusive
Aug 18 2025 // The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall Glacier. This...
Northern China Flash Flood Kills 10, Xinhua Reports
Aug 18 2025 // At least 10 people died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported on Sunday [Aug. 17], with two others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash atmospheric chaos across the world’s...
Chicago Launches Flood-Warning System as Rainstorms Intensify
Aug 15 2025 // Nedra Sims Fears still remembers the night years ago when her family home in Chicago flooded, sparking an electrical fire. Her father woke her up and rushed her outside into the pouring rain as smoke filled the rooms of...
West Virginia Will Finally Study How to Protect Communities After 2016 Floods
Aug 15 2025 // Nearly a decade after the deadly 2016 floods, West Virginia officials are moving forward with a study to look at flood mitigation measures across the Kanawha River Basin. Last month, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that...
Milwaukee Area Recovers From Record Rain and Flooding
Aug 14 2025 // The Milwaukee area began drying out Monday after weekend rain hit unofficial records in Wisconsin of more than 14 inches (36 centimeters) in less than 24 hours, leading multiple rivers to flood at record-high levels,...
Family Killed When Tree Falls on Car in Flooding in East Tennessee
Aug 14 2025 // Heavy rain led to flooding around Chattanooga, Tennesse, where a family of three was killed when a tree fell on their car early Wednesday morning. News reports indicated that saturated ground caused the large tree to fall...
Along Texas’ Guadalupe River, Several Summer Camps Are in Flood Zones
Aug 13 2025 // The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July 4 flooding in Kerr County was just one of 13 summer camps along the Guadalupe River built on land prone to...
Wisconsin Severe Storms Cause Flooding, Knock Out Power
Aug 12 2025 // Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and...
Texas Homeowners Question Whether to Rebuild After Floods
Aug 12 2025 // Brian Keeper doesn’t remember exactly when his family began spending holidays in Hunt, an unincorporated town on the banks of the Guadalupe River where they’d camp, swim, and fish. Sometimes they caught so many...
Why Experts Say States Need to Get in the Business of Floodplain Buyouts
Aug 8 2025 // As flooding becomes an increasingly common and destructive feature of Texas life, housing experts are calling for the creation of a statewide, voluntary buyout program to move residents out of the most high-risk areas. The...
Neptune Flood: 77% of At-Risk Homes Outside FEMA Zones Have No Flood Insurance
Aug 7 2025 // Many homeowners underestimate their flood risk, leaving millions uninsured or underinsured in the face of a rising tide of flood events. A 2025 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (FRBP) found 70% of annual...
Texas House Members Discuss Flood-Related Bills Despite Standstill
Aug 6 2025 // Texas House members on a special committee for disaster preparedness met Tuesday to discuss for the first time specific bills filed in response to the deadly Central Texas flooding. The hearing included bills that would...
Hartford Flood Relief Program Gets $4.7 Million More to Meet Demand
Aug 6 2025 // Connecticut has approved $4.7 million in new funding for a program that helps homeowners, businesses and tenants in the city of Hartford’s neighborhoods recover from flooding. The Hartford Flood Compensation &...
