Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Public Agencies Accept Nearly $250M in BP Settlements
Jul 21 2015 // Public agencies in the New Orleans area have accepted about a quarter-billion dollars from BP for economic losses resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the Southeast...
New York’s Utica First to Withdraw From WYO Flood Insurance Program
Jul 21 2015 // Utica First Insurance Company in Oriskany, New York, notified its independent agency partners last week that the company will withdraw from the Write Your Own (WYO) Program, a cooperative undertaking of the insurance...
West Virginia Assessing Damage from Rain, Flooding
Jul 21 2015 // Damage assessments are taking place in the 10 West Virginia counties that were drenched by torrential rain and flooding last week. The assessments started on July 16 and are being conducted jointly by state emergency...
Disaster Area Declared for Colorado Following Flooding
Jul 20 2015 // President Barack Obama has declared that a major disaster exists in Colorado and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and...
Tropical Storm Nangka Batters Japan with Heavy Rain, High Winds: AIR Report
Jul 20 2015 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s report on Typhoon Nangka notes that it “made landfall July 16, 2015, at 23:07 Japan Standard Time (JST) (14:07 UTC) with a central pressure of 965 mb near Muroto City,...
Colorado Asks for Major Disaster Declaration in Wake of Spring Floods
Jul 20 2015 // Colorado asked federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and...
New York Court: Flood Sub-Limit in Policy Applies to Delay Loss
Jul 20 2015 // The New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division affirmed that a $5 million flood sub-limit in a builders risk policy that Zurich American Insurance issued to a New York property developer applies to the...
Amtrak Settles With Primary Insurers in Sandy Lawsuit
Jul 20 2015 // Amtrak recently reached a settlement with its primary insurers in a lawsuit in which the railroad operator sought to recoup additional proceeds for Superstorm Sandy losses from its insurers, according to court documents....
Amtrak Settles With Primary Insurers in Sandy Lawsuit
Jul 16 2015 // Amtrak recently reached a settlement with its primary insurers in a lawsuit in which the railroad operator sought to recoup additional proceeds for Superstorm Sandy losses from its insurers, according to court documents....
AIR Estimates Typhoon Chan-hom Insured Losses Less than $354 Million
Jul 16 2015 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, insured losses in China from Typhoon Chan-hom are unlikely to exceed CNY 2.2 billion [$354.3 million]. “Typhoon Chan-hom made landfall in the coastal city of...
Kentucky Governor Declares State of Emergency From Severe Flooding
Jul 16 2015 // Floodwaters that rushed through eastern Kentucky left one dead and seven unaccounted for as search teams combed the hilly Appalachian terrain Tuesday, with the threat of more floods bearing down on rescue...
Regions Insurance Enters Agreement with Florida’s Ronald F. Holehouse Agency
Jul 16 2015 // Regions Insurance, Inc., an affiliate of Regions Bank, has entered into an agreement with the Ronald F. Holehouse Agency to obtain the firm’s personnel and accounts. Financial terms of the agreement are not...
Flood Damage in Arkansas County Exceeds $14M: Report
Jul 15 2015 // Recent floods caused more than $14 million in damages in a southwest Arkansas county, according to a report by county officials and the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Around half of the land in...
Typhoon Nangka Continues on Course towards Japan: AIR Analysis
Jul 15 2015 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has released an analysis of Typhoon Nangka, which is currently a Category 3 storm “with a central pressure of 950 mb and maximum 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 80 knots...
West Virginia Declares State of Emergency After Severe Flooding in 3 Counties
Jul 15 2015 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency July 13 for Braxton, Webster and Wood counties after severe flooding. The state of emergency seeks to address the rockslides, mudslides and severe flooding...
Flooding Hampers Commerce on Arkansas River System
Jul 14 2015 // Drenching rains and flooding over the past two months have greatly reduced barge traffic along the 455-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and dented the finances of companies that depend on the...
In Midst of Drought, Sacramento Needs to Prepare for Flood
Jul 14 2015 // In the midst of a serious drought, it’s time to become concerned about a coming flood. Orbiting high above the Pacific Ocean, a Japanese weather satellite has spied the embryonic stages of a massive El Niño weather...
Colorado Asks for Major Disaster Declaration in Wake of Spring Floods
Jul 13 2015 // Colorado is asking federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Denver Post reported the Colorado...
Wyoming Gets Federal Disaster Declaration After June Flooding
Jul 10 2015 // Wyoming homes and businesses damaged by flooding in Niobrara and Johnson counties can seek federal aid thanks to a federal disaster declaration. President Barack Obama has approved a federal disaster declaration requested...
N.Y. Court: Insurer’s $5M Flood Sub-Limit Applies to Delay-in-Completion Loss
Jul 9 2015 // The New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division affirmed that a $5 million flood sub-limit in a builders risk policy that Zurich American Insurance issued to a New York property developer applies to the...
