Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Floods Prompt State of Emergency
Jul 31 2017 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency Saturday for parts of northern West Virginia with flooding from heavy rains. Counties included in the Saturday morning declaration are Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel,...
Vullo Calls on Insurers, Congress for Action in Wake of Lake Ontario Flooding
Jul 28 2017 // As part of New York’s continuing response to flooding in the Lake Ontario region, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) is reminding property and casualty insurers of their responsibility to work...
Heavy Rains Bring Flooding to Northern Germany, Forcing Evacuations
Jul 28 2017 // Heavy rains led to flooding Wednesday in some parts of northern Germany, forcing some evacuations and prompting residents to pile sandbags in front of their homes to protect themselves from a swollen river. The center of...
Private Insurers Cautiously Dip Toes Into Florida Flood Market Waters
Jul 27 2017 // Florida’s efforts in establishing a private flood insurance market have been hailed as a model by many other states looking to buff up their flood insurance offerings, as well as the National Flood Insurance Program...
1 Person Killed by Weekend Flooding in West Virginia, Kentucky
Jul 27 2017 // Heavy rains that pounded parts of West Virginia and Kentucky last weekend left one person dead and two people missing, authorities said Monday. In West Virginia, Ohio County Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo...
Scientists: Sea Level Rise Accelerating Along Florida Coast
Jul 26 2017 // Clay Henderson has lived on the same block along the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach for 34 years. Living in a storm-prone state like Florida, you expect to see a river top its bank on occasion, but only in the past two...
Flooding Continues in Northern Illinois as Storms Move Through
Jul 25 2017 // Severe thunderstorms that brought heavy rain, hail and strong winds to northern Illinois have exacerbated recent flooding in some areas. The storms moved through Sunday, causing the already-swollen Fox River to rise again...
Louisiana Plans Multiple Storm Mitigation Projects
Jul 24 2017 // Louisiana will spend nearly $277 million in federal cash it received after last year’s floods to fortify communities against future disasters, mainly through drainage improvements and buyouts of flood-prone...
UK Faces Future of Record-Breaking Wet Winters, Floods: New Climate Models
Jul 24 2017 // Britain faces a future of record-breaking wet winters, potentially leading to more of the widespread flooding seen in recent years, according to new modeling that incorporates changing climate patterns. England and Wales...
Arkansas Welcomes New Private Flood Insurer
Jul 24 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted a Certificate of Authority to Florida-based Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company (HCPC) to offer private flood insurance in...
Milliman: Florida, Louisiana and Texas Would Benefit from Private Flood Insurance
Jul 24 2017 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expires on Sept. 30 and Congress is currently considering legislation to reauthorize and reform the government-backed program through which the majority of U.S. property owners...
Hundreds Evacuate from Flooding in Western Wisconsin City
Jul 21 2017 // Several hundred people evacuated their homes early on July 20 in the small western Wisconsin community of Arcadia where heavy rain sent a creek over its banks. The waterlogged city is part of more widespread flooding in...
Academics in Hawaii Developing Flood Alert System
Jul 21 2017 // An alert system is being developed to give West Maui residents a six-day heads up when large wave and flooding events are possible. The University of Hawaii ocean observation program will use a $500,000 federal grant to...
Cash Contents of Wisconsin Bank Vault Destroyed in Flood
Jul 20 2017 // Recent flooding destroyed all the cash in the vault of a southeastern Wisconsin bank. Fox River State Bank president Keith Polleck refused to disclose how much money was ruined, but said the Federal Reserve will have to...
How Mapping Disasters Can Help Devastated Communities Rally
Jul 17 2017 // On Meredith Beers’ laptop, the intensity of the twister that touched down here in February is marked in green, yellow and red. The colors illustrate light, medium and heavy damage from the 150-mile winds that tore...
Parts of Midwest Beset with ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding
Jul 14 2017 // Authorities say nearly everyone in the Racine County community of Burlington, Wisconsin, is dealing with some type of flood damage. Police Chief Mark Anderson says flooding in the city of about 10,000 is...
New Study Reaffirms Virginia Flooding Predictions as Sea Levels Rise
Jul 14 2017 // A new study reaffirms predictions that parts of coastal Virginia will face chronic flooding if nothing is done about sea-level rise. The Union of Concerned Scientists said Wednesday that a city like Poquoson, Va., could...
Study Shows Many Homeowners Would Do Better with Private Flood Insurance
Jul 13 2017 // It’s no great revelation that when prices are centrally controlled, they tend not to reflect reality. In some cases, this means that consumers pay less than the true value of a good or product. In other cases, they...
New Flood Insurance Company Approved in Arkansas
Jul 13 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted a Certificate of Authority to Florida-based Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company (HCPC) to offer private flood insurance in Arkansas. In a press...
RMS Launches New Models for Tropical Cyclone & Earthquake in Asia Pacific
Jul 12 2017 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, has introduced typhoon models for wind and flood for South Korea and Taiwan, plus four new earthquake models for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and...
