Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Managing Inland Flood Risk with Catastrophe Models
Apr 17 2017 // Flood risk is ubiquitous. In any given week, a storm with the potential to produce flooding is occurring somewhere in the United States. The transfer of flood risk from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to the...
$1.6B in Federal Aid Now Available for Louisiana Flood Recovery
Apr 12 2017 // After months of working through the federal bureaucracy, Louisiana has access to the $1.6 billion in federal aid earmarked by Congress for flood recovery. Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration says the U.S....
Costly Business Disruptor: Aging U.S. Infrastructure
Apr 12 2017 // When a train jumped the tracks this past week at New York’s Penn Station, the seemingly minor accident led to a cascade of exasperating delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters. When a flood forced authorities...
Michigan Hit with Flooding, Severe Thunderstorms
Apr 11 2017 // Flooding in southwestern Michigan closed several roadways and swamped the home of the Kalamazoo Growlers baseball team while severe thunderstorms caused damage in the Upper Peninsula. The Kalamazoo River is one of several...
Six Months Later, Hurricane Flood Victims Still Recovering in Virginia
Apr 11 2017 // In the months since Hurricane Matthew, Dawn Sawyer has watched her 9-year-old, Sam, bite his nails down to “nubs.” She’s never seen him do that before. As Sam remembers it, he slept right through the...
Louisiana Surveying Homeowners with 2016 Flood Damage
Apr 10 2017 // Homeowners with damage from last year’s devastating floods are being asked to take a survey, the first step in applying for federal disaster recovery aid that soon will be available. Gov. John Bel Edwards’...
River in Idaho Rising Along With Flood Insurance Policy Sales
Apr 10 2017 // Federal officials say the Boise River in Idaho that’s already past flood stage will be raised again as flood insurance sales spike in the region. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
U.S. Weather in March to Cost Insurers More than $2 Billion: Aon
Apr 7 2017 // Four severe weather outbreaks in the U.S. throughout March led to extensive damage in the central and eastern parts of the country, costing the insurance industry in excess of US$2.0 billion, according to a report...
EU to Pay €60M to Britain for Repair of 2015-16 Flood Damage – Despite Brexit
Apr 5 2017 // Britain will get 60 million euros (51.3 million pounds) from the European Union to repair damage caused by the floods last year, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Britain had asked for EU support to rebuild infrastructure...
FM Global Creates Global Flood Map to Help Businesses Manage Flood Risk
Apr 5 2017 // With flooding on the rise around the world, Johnston, R.I.-based FM Global said it has created an interactive Global Flood Map to help companies manage this increasing and potentially costly risk. The Global Flood Map...
Louisiana’s Plan to Spend $1.2B in Federal Flood Aid Approved
Apr 4 2017 // Louisiana has received federal approval for its plans to spend $1.2 billion in flood recovery aid allocated by Congress, a key step before the money can flow to homeowners and others still struggling to rebuild from last...
Low-lying North Carolina Town Says Dike Saved Homes From Matthew Floods
Apr 4 2017 // Residents of a low-lying coastal North Carolina town say a long-term engineering project did a good job protecting their homes and nearby rich farmland from Hurricane Matthew last fall. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk,...
Australia Floods in Wake of Cyclone Debbie Kill 4, Disrupt Mining
Apr 3 2017 // Damage to rail lines in cyclone-hit northeast Australia is set to disrupt exports of the steel-making material from the world’s largest coking coal region, underpinning prices and raising the prospect of major...
Declarations
Apr 3 2017 // A Costly Disadvantage “Consumer protection laws need to keep pace with changes in the marketplace. Data mining and information sharing by insurance companies has put consumers at a costly disadvantage that needs to...
North Dakota at Highest Risk for Spring Flooding, NOAA Says
Apr 3 2017 // Northern North Dakota — the Souris River, Devils Lake and the northernmost reaches of the Red River — has the greatest risk of major flooding this spring, while moderate flooding is possible over southern Idaho...
11 Suits Over 2010 Flood Tossed by Texarkana Judge
Mar 31 2017 // A Texarkana judge has dismissed 11 civil lawsuits connected to the historic 2010 flood at Albert Pike campgrounds in Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas that took the lives of 20 men, women and children. The 11 lawsuits,...
California City Was Warned About Flood But Failed To Act, Officials Say
Mar 30 2017 // Water officials say authorities in San Jose, Calif. received several warnings that flooding was imminent but failed to evacuate thousands of residents who were trapped in their homes after a creek broke its banks. John...
Cyclone Debbie Rips Across Australian State, Leaving ‘War Zone’; AIR Comments
Mar 29 2017 // A huge clean-up operation is under way in the Australian state of Queensland after a powerful cyclone swept through the region, tearing roofs off buildings, downing trees and forcing tourists to bunker down at luxury...
Massachusetts-Headquartered Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Rossi
Mar 28 2017 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Joe Rossi as a flood specialist. Rossi formed the non-profit Marshfield Citizens Coastal Coalition (MCCC) in February of...
JLT Re Partners with KatRisk to Expand Modeling Capability in Canada
Mar 22 2017 // JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, has combined forces with flood modeling company, KatRisk, to enhance its flood risk modeling capabilities for clients across Canada. Berkeley, Calif.-based...
