Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
More Than 5 Million Texans Live in Flood-Prone Areas According to State Flood Plan
May 29 2024 // More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible to flooding, according to a draft of the state’s first-ever flood plan. The plan by the Texas Water Development Board...
Brooklyn Zoo Re-Opening May 25 After Being Closed for 239 Days Due to Flood Damage
May 24 2024 // The Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn, New York City is re-opening to the public on Saturday, May 25, after being closed for almost eight months due to extensive flood damage to its facilities and infrastructure. The flooding...
Plans to Spend Billions on a Flood-Prone East Texas Highway May Not Solve the Problem
May 23 2024 // LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Highway 59, a major evacuation route from Houston, has been a problem for East Texas for decades. And as flooding rivaling that of Hurricane Harvey inundated the region in April, the highway...
Texas Braces for More Heat, Storms and Floods: Weather Watch
May 23 2024 // Parts of the central US stretching from North Dakota to northern Texas, including Dallas, face an enhanced risk from severe thunderstorms, strong wind, hail and possibly tornadoes on Thursday, the US Storm Prediction...
These Texans Aren’t Taking Buyouts Despite Repeated Floods
May 21 2024 // HARRIS COUNTY — After the floodwaters earlier this month just about swallowed two of the six homes that 60-year-old Tom Madigan owns on the San Jacinto River, he didn’t think twice about whether to fix them. He...
Flood-Prone Houston Faces a Deluge of More Rain: Weather Watch
May 16 2024 // Heavy rain will sweep across eastern Texas into Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday, raising flood risks across the Gulf of Mexico states. Flood watches have been posted from Dallas and Houston eastward across Louisiana...
Brazil Braces for More Rain as Historic Flood Damages Mount
May 13 2024 // The south of Brazil is preparing for the arrival of new rains and colder temperatures that threaten to deepen a crisis created by the historic floods that have deluged the region. As much as 300 millimeters (11.8 inches)...
Markets/Coverages: FloodFlash Launches New Parametric Auto Dealer Program
May 10 2024 // FloodFlash has added a dealer program in its efforts to support more U.S. businesses ahead of a hurricane season that is widely anticipated to be amongst the worst in recent memory. Stored on large, flat areas of often...
Brazilian Floods Are Inflicting Billions in Economic Devastation
May 9 2024 // The floods and severe rainfall that ravaged Southern Brazil are hurting the nation’s powerhouse agricultural sector, with industries from auto manufacturing to banking and insurance also bracing for disruption. Heavy...
Houston Floodwaters Start to Recede; 800 Structures Damaged
May 8 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas began to recede on Monday, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall that pummeled...
Flooded East Texas Town Begins Cleanup
May 7 2024 // LIVINGSTON — Clinton Jones looked across the emergency shelter Friday. His children were going stir crazy. His wife, Samantha, and mother-in-law, Lee Farrell, were making the best of the cots and blankets they received...
Hundreds Rescued From Flooding in Houston
May 6 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water....
Southern Brazil Hit by Worst Floods in Over 80 Years, Killing at Least 39 People
May 6 2024 // Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands...
Class Action Settlements Flooded With Fraudulent Claims by Scammers
May 3 2024 // Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand seats. The company, which did...
Neptune Flood Acquires Data Science Firm to Enhance Its AI-Driven Flood Insurance
May 2 2024 // Private flood insurer Neptune Flood reported it has acquired Charles River Data, a Boston-based data science consulting group. According to Neptune, the strategic move will bolster its underwriting system through advanced...
Southeast Seas Rising Faster Than Other Regions, ‘Turbocharging’ Floods, Report Finds
May 2 2024 // From the Rio Grande to the Outer Banks, sea levels are rising faster than most other parts of the world, blocking the outflow of rivers and streams and causing inland flooding that would not have been seen just a few years...
UK’s Second Biggest Mortgage Lender Pulls Offers Over Flood Risk
Apr 30 2024 // The UK’s second biggest mortgage provider has stopped making loans on homes at risk of flooding, over fears they may become uninsurable — and therefore, unsellable — over the coming years. Nationwide Building...
Here’s Why Experts Don’t Think Cloud Seeding Caused Dubai Flooding
Apr 26 2024 // With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. Cloud seeding, although decades old, is...
Dubai Floods Expose Weaknesses to a Rapidly Changing Climate
Apr 23 2024 // The heavy rains that flooded Dubai last week halted air traffic, damaged buildings and streets — and left climate experts and common citizens asking whether one of the world’s hottest and driest cities should be...
Europe Is Being Scorched and Flooded by Growing Climate Extremes
Apr 22 2024 // The European Union endured its joint-hottest year on record in 2023, according to new scientific analysis, pointing to a more perilous future for what is already the world’s fastest-warming continent. Europe...
