Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Releases Model for Recent German Floods
Jun 13 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has launched a scenario model for the recent German floods. The bulletin explained that by “using event footprints that...
More Sinkhole Problems in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Jun 12 2013 // Two new sinkholes are causing problems in Cape Girardeau, Mo., creating what city leaders call a “very dangerous” situation. The Southeast Missourian reports that the sinkholes are on busy South Sprigg Street,...
Floods Could Cost Germany $16 Billion in Economic Damage Warns Fitch
Jun 12 2013 // Floods that have devastated parts of southern and eastern Germany could briefly impede growth in Europe’s biggest economy, an industry body said, while ratings agency Fitch said the economic cost could be as high as...
NYC Mayor Bloomberg Proposes $20B Flood Plan After Sandy
Jun 11 2013 // New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for a $20 billion system of flood barriers to protect low-lying areas from storms almost eight months after Hurricane Sandy devastated the region. In a report released today, the...
Flood of 2008 Changed Wisconsin Landscape, Taught Lessons
Jun 11 2013 // A devastating flood in 2008 that killed three people and caused $763 million in damage also changed the landscape of many Wisconsin counties – and while the changes were hard to stomach for some, authorities say the...
A New Threat for Hardest-Hit Sandy Victims: Soaring Flood Insurance Costs
Jun 10 2013 // George Kasimos has almost finished repairing flood damage to his waterfront home in New Jersey, but his Superstorm Sandy nightmare is far from over. Like thousands of others in the hardest-hit coastal stretches of New...
Hungary Contains Danube Flooding as German Dikes Bursts on Elbe
Jun 10 2013 // Hungary was set to contain the Danube river from overflowing in Budapest while the economic toll grew in eastern Germany, where thousands of people have been forced to evacuate along the Elbe River. Hungarian authorities...
PERILS Provides Satellite Flood ‘Footprints’ for Central Europe
Jun 10 2013 // PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced the release of satellite-based flood footprints for the ongoing floods in Central Europe, concentrated on...
Oklahoma Death Toll at 20 After Tornado, Floods
Jun 7 2013 // Oklahoma medical examiner’s office says eight of the 20 people killed during the tornadoes on May 31 and subsequent flooding either drowned or probably drowned. The agency said that one person died of asphyxiation...
FEMA Publishes Latest Data on New Jersey’s Sandy Recovery
Jun 7 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week released its latest figures regarding Superstorm Sandy disaster assistance and recovery in New Jersey — including the National Flood Insurance Program claims payments...
Montana Governor: Flooding Emergency in 15 Counties, 2 Reservations
Jun 7 2013 // Gov. Steve Bullock has declared an emergency in 15 counties and two reservations due to widespread flooding in northern and central Montana. Bullock signed an executive order on Wednesday that allows state resources to be...
Insured Losses from Europe Floods Estimated at $2.65B, Less Than in 2002
Jun 7 2013 // The losses insurers face from the worst flooding in central Europe since 2002 may be lower than those resulting from the deluge 11 years ago even as the toll on local economies looms larger. Insured losses may reach 2...
Montana Tribe Declares Flooding Disaster
Jun 6 2013 // Parts of northern and central Montana have seen more rain in the past two weeks than in a normal year, leading the Chippewa Cree Tribe to declare a disaster on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation swamped by widespread...
Governments and Re/Insurers Should Work Together to Face Rising Disaster Costs
Jun 6 2013 // A presentation from the Geneva Association (GA), the international insurance think tank for strategically important insurance and risk management issues, calls for a long awaited dialogue between the industry and all...
U.S., Global Natural Disasters Exact Heavy Toll in May: Aon Benfield
Jun 6 2013 // Severe weather in May caused an estimated $4 billion in insured damage in the U.S. alone and billions more in economic losses around the globe, according to an Aon Benfield report. The Global Catastrophe Recap by Aon...
Germans Battle Rising Floods Threatening Historic Cities
Jun 6 2013 // Firefighters, soldiers and volunteers in eastern Germany toiled through the night to defend against floods that have submerged towns, villages and farmlands for the second time in 11 years. Crews in Dresden, home to the...
Small Towns in Missouri Prepare as Flood Moves South
Jun 5 2013 // Volunteers were busy stacking sandbags in the tiny Missouri town of Dutchtown on June 3 as the rain-swollen Mississippi River threatened to send water into about a third of the town’s homes and make another nearby...
N.Y. Assembly Approves a Flurry of Post-Sandy Insurance Reform Bills
Jun 5 2013 // The New York State Assembly approved on Tuesday a comprehensive post-Sandy insurance reform package comprised of 14 pieces of legislation. All approved measures now move to the state Senate for further consideration. The...
East Germany Prepares for Dam Bursts as Prague Begins Clean-Up
Jun 5 2013 // As the people of Prague started to clean up after three days of flooding, residents in the eastern German cities of Dresden, Halle and Meissen were bolstering their defenses against the torrents of water still surging from...
Floods in Central Europe Near Peak; Prague Among Hardest Hit Cities
Jun 4 2013 // Floodwaters that inundated Prague and swamped large areas of central Europe may peak today as emergency crews work to open river traffic, drain submerged neighborhoods and count the cost of the storm damage. Chancellor...
