Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2 Louisiana Parishes File Suits Against Oil Companies
Nov 14 2013 // Two southeast Louisiana parishes filed multiple lawsuits against numerous oil and gas companies, claiming they failed to restore damage their operations did to coastal areas while releasing toxic pollutants, in violation...
Much of Eastern Asia Underinsured for Weather As Risk, Values Rising
Nov 13 2013 // Insured losses from weather-related events in Eastern Asia amount to only about 10 percent of the $700 billion in total losses accumulated over the last three decades, according to an analysis by Munich Re. According to...
Indiana Students Develop Plans to Fight Nature’s Fury
Nov 13 2013 // Jerzie Eagle and Liesl Elkin pointed to their topography map that showed the eight acres of flood-prone land around Carter and Murden streets in Kokomo, Ind. This is where their arboretum will go once the city tears down...
Central Texans’ Interest in Flood Insurance Rises Along with Claims
Nov 13 2013 // Insurance agents in Austin, Texas, report the interest in homeowners obtaining flood insurance coverage has risen dramatically after two recent rains that have flooded portions of Austin and neighboring communities....
New York’s Long Beach Getting $13M for Flood Barriers
Nov 12 2013 // New York State will spend $13 million on flood barriers for the industrial district of Long Beach, Long Island. The district was badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy. It houses essential infrastructure facilities that include...
National Forests Put Colorado Flood Damage At $17M
Nov 11 2013 // September flooding in caused nearly $17 million in damage to roads, trails, campgrounds and other facilities in the Arapaho and Roosevelt national forests in northern Colorado. The Forest Service released a preliminary...
Record Typhoon Again Shows Philippines Most at Risk for Natural Hazards
Nov 10 2013 // Destruction from Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerful storm on record to strike the Philippines, shows the task facing President Benigno Aquino to curb the death toll in a country prone to natural disasters. The...
Austin Homeowner’s Interest in Flood Insurance Rises
Nov 8 2013 // Insurance agents in Austin, Texas report the interest in homeowners obtaining flood insurance coverage has risen dramatically after two recent rains that have flooded portions of Austin and neighboring communities. Roughly...
Iowa City Work Prompts Lower Flood Insurance Rates
Nov 7 2013 // Property owners in Iowa City’s 100-year flood plain will get a 15 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums because of city efforts on a variety of flood-related projects. Property owners in the flood plain...
Colorado Lawmakers Reviewing Flood Response
Nov 7 2013 // Colorado lawmakers are studying responses to September’s catastrophic floods. A special state legislative panel held its first meeting Tuesday. Members are looking at whether there’s a need for legislation to...
Minnesota History Village now Center of Flood Fight
Nov 6 2013 // A Minnesota philanthropist has been fighting to preserve a historical village after county officials learned the buildings sit in a flood plain and could jeopardize residents’ ability to get federally subsidized...
Conn. Gov.: Low-Interest Loans Available for Elevating Homes, Flood-Proofing Businesses
Nov 6 2013 // Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy recently announced the creation of the Connecticut Shoreline Resiliency Fund, a low-interest loan program for state residents who are subject to coastal flooding and would like to...
Looming Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Worry Galveston
Nov 5 2013 // Residents, business owners and officials in Galveston, Texas, are worried about the prospect of flood insurance premiums spiking due to recent changes in federal law. Legislation passed last year to eliminate the National...
Dunloup Creek Flood Plain Buyout Resumes in West Virginia
Nov 5 2013 // People living in flood-prone communities in the Dunloup Creek flood plain in West Virginia have another opportunity to sell their properties to the government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources...
About Those ‘Huge’ Flood Insurance Rate Increases
Nov 4 2013 // Recent news reports on the roll-out of reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program have focused on astronomical increases in rates faced by some home and business owners. This language from an ABC News report has been...
Connecticut’s Interest in Berms, Dunes Grows After Sandy
Nov 4 2013 // Devastating flooding from Superstorm Sandy has sparked growing interest in building berms and sand dunes for protection along the Connecticut coast, a swath of land with some of the nation’s priciest real estate...
Federal Aid to Colorado Flood Victims Reaches $100M
Nov 4 2013 // Federal aid to victims of the historic September floods in Colorado has reached $100 million. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than $49.4 million has been approved for housing assistance, damaged or lost...
Corps: Utah County Levees Have Problems
Nov 4 2013 // Salt Lake County, Utah’s levee systems are in unacceptable shape, according to a review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Officials with the Corps’ Sacramento District announced Friday that they found...
A Year After Sandy, a Slow Recovery for Thousands
Nov 4 2013 // A year after Superstorm Sandy catastrophically flooded vast swaths of eastern U.S. coastline, thousands of people still trying to fix their soaked and surf-battered homes are being stymied by bureaucracy, insurance...
E&O Insights: What Could Go Wrong When Insuring Habitational?
Nov 4 2013 // Insuring habitational risks has generated more than its fair share of errors and omissions (E&O) claims. While there are a host of issues, consider these specific ones: valuation, ordinance or law coverage and...
