Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Issues Weekend Flood Warning for Mississippi River
Dec 31 2015 // Authorities issued a flood warning Dec. 29 for the Mississippi River in Memphis due to heavy rain in the central United States. Emergency preparedness officials in Shelby County, which includes Memphis, said Tuesday that...
‘Couldn’t Stand the Weather’ Sums Up South Central News in 2015
Dec 30 2015 // If you scan the song/album list of the late, great Texas blues guitar powerhouse, Stevie Ray Vaughan, you’ll get an inkling of what the major stories from Insurance Journal’s South Central region in 2015 were...
Florida Lawmakers to Industry: We Want YOU to Join State Flood Insurance Market
Dec 30 2015 // “We think the time is right for you all to explore the [Florida] flood insurance market.” That was the message Florida Senator Jeff Brandes gave insurance industry attendees at the first ever Florida Flood...
State of Emergency Declared in Missouri; National Guard Activated
Dec 30 2015 // In response to historic flooding in some areas of the state, Gov. Jay Nixon activated the Missouri National Guard to protect local communities and support emergency response personnel. The Guard’s responsibilities...
State of Emergency Extended in Oklahoma
Dec 30 2015 // Gov. Mary Fallin is extending a state of emergency to all 77 Oklahoma counties after another winter storm brought ice to western and central parts of the state and heavy flooding in the east and northeast. Fallin issued an...
Buildings Damaged by Storms in Louisiana; No Injuries Reported
Dec 30 2015 // A storm system damaged buildings and cut power across Louisiana on Sunday night and Monday morning, but no injuries were reported. Strong winds blew trees onto at least eight mobile homes in Blanchard, northwest of...
Floods of Five Rivers Head from Midwest to U.S. Industrial South
Dec 30 2015 // Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the Missouri. The water on the Mississippi River is already so high that Missouri has closed interstate highways....
Storm Frank Batters North Britain; Total Storm Losses Could Top $4.5 Billion
Dec 30 2015 // Torrential rain and gale force winds battered northern Britain on Wednesday, cutting power to thousands of homes and forcing some to evacuate flooded streets in the third major storm in a month. The Environment Agency said...
Alabama Storm Damage Reports Roll In as More Rough Weather Hits State
Dec 30 2015 // Lightning illuminates a house after a tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Ala., damaging several houses, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in Birmingham, Ala. A Christmastime wave of severe weather continued Friday. (AP...
Southeast Continues to Get Hammered by Strong Storms, Tornadoes
Dec 29 2015 // Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Mobile, Ala., say a tornado was reported in Molino in northwest Florida on Monday. The line of strong thunderstorms also moved into storm-battered Alabama on Monday, bringing...
Texas Tornadoes, Midwest Flooding Leave at Least 24 Dead
Dec 29 2015 // At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in strong tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage this weekend, while 13 people died in flooding in the Midwest. It was the latest of a...
Update: U.K. Insurers Face Flood Claims up to $2.2B – with More Storms Ahead
Dec 29 2015 // Insurers are facing some of the costliest British floods on record as large parts of northern England, already inundated, brace for more heavy rain. Accountants estimate that insurers are currently facing a bill of up to...
Christmastime Storm Ravages Southeast States
Dec 28 2015 // Lightning illuminates a house after a tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Ala., damaging several houses, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in Birmingham, Ala. A Christmastime wave of severe weather continued Friday. (AP...
Texas Storms That Spawned Tornadoes Kill at Least 11
Dec 28 2015 // Tornadoes that swept through the Dallas, Texas area caused substantial damage and at least 11 people died either from the storm or related traffic accidents and dozens of people were injured. It’s the latest of a...
ABI Confirms Insurers’ UK Flood Coverage Efforts; Losses May Top $1.6 Billion
Dec 28 2015 // Mark Shepherd, General Insurance Policy Manager at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: “Insurers will be doing everything possible to help customers hit by the latest floods. “They will be...
Floods Force Mass Evacuations in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
Dec 28 2015 // Widespread floods have forced nearly 140,000 people from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil following days of torrential rains that drenched a region where the countries border each other. Paraguay is...
South Carolina Lawmaker Plans to Seek Additional Aid for Farmers
Dec 28 2015 // The state House’s budget leader says he wants to reassure South Carolina farmers devastated by October’s flooding disaster that the Legislature will help them out. Lawmakers must help farmers survive direct...
Flood, Fraud & the Florida Market: McCarty Talks Hot Insurance Topics in 2015
Dec 21 2015 // It was another busy year for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). From conducting the annual property/casualty data call and subsequent stress test of Florida property insurers, to working on the depopulation...
New Flood Maps May Aid Big Development in Louisiana Parish
Dec 21 2015 // Revised flood maps could aid a developer’s proposal to build on one of Jefferson Parish’s last large undeveloped tracts. Lafayette-based Southern Lifestyle Development says it’s in talks to buy 2,000...
South Carolina Insurers to Weather at Least $181M in Claims from October Storm
Dec 21 2015 // The mega-storm that devastated South Carolina in early October is estimated to have cost more than $1.4 billion with insurers paying around $181 million of those losses in claims, so far. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley...
