Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hurricane Center Working to Improve Storm Surge Forecasts After Wet 2012
May 9 2013 // Last year’s hurricane season drove home some big lessons, according to the nation’s chief hurricane forecaster: Storm surge and flooding are dangerous and difficult to predict, and sometimes it’s even...
Flooding Damage Tops $2.5M in Tipton, Indiana
May 8 2013 // The mayor of the central Indiana city of Tipton says recent flooding has caused more than $2.5 million in property damage and a loss of as much as 10 percent in its property tax base. Mayor Don Havens says in an impact...
April Brought Fewer Tornadoes But Severe Hail, Floods to U.S.: Aon
May 8 2013 // Parts of the U.S. suffered severe hail and flooding damage during April, although there were fewer tornadoes than expected. Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model center at Aon Benfield, released its monthly Global...
PERILS Expands Estimates to Include Earthquake, Flood in Italy
May 7 2013 // PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has extended its market coverage to include Italy, and will provide data for both earthquake and flood perils with...
Ascension Parish to Lobby Against Flood Insurance Increase
May 6 2013 // A councilman from Louisiana’s Ascension Parish is heading to Washington, D.C., to lobby against an increase of premium rates for National Flood Insurance Program policyholders. The Advocate reports Councilman Randy...
New York Mountain Town Awaits Hurricane Relief, 20 Months Later
May 6 2013 // Rebecca Hoskins poked through the debris in her flood-wrecked house: a TV here, a light fixture there. Someone had been in and taken down the curtains. She blinked back a tear. It was a crisp early spring day and her first...
Sandy-Struck New Yorkers Seek Home Buyouts
May 6 2013 // Joseph Szczesny’s modest Staten Island home in New York was inundated when Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October. Now six months later, the 63-year-old bridge repairman and his fiance are all...
In Connecticut, Sandy Aid Tops $367M; Flood Insurance Payouts Reach $220M
May 6 2013 // More than $367 million in federal assistance has been approved to help the state with disaster expenses related to Superstorm Sandy, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said on May 3 as other officials highlighted recovery...
Over 90% of New Jersey/New York Sandy Claims Settled
May 6 2013 // Insurance regulators in New Jersey and New York — the two states hardest-hit by Superstorm Sandy — reported that as of April 19, insurers have settled 93 percent of the claims they received in the wake of Sandy,...
Declarations
May 6 2013 // Home Maintenance “Making sure things are in good working order this spring can make a big difference in home safety, as well as insurance matters.” —Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine on...
N.J. Commissioner: Residents With Unresolved Sandy Claims Can Turn to Mediation
May 3 2013 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said on May 1 that New Jersey residents with unresolved non-flood insurance claims related to Superstorm Sandy can have their cases mediated...
Key Figures on Superstorm Sandy, 6 Months Later
May 1 2013 // Superstorm Sandy, a hybrid of a hurricane and two cold-weather systems, struck six months ago on Oct. 29, concentrating most of its fury on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and becoming one of the most expensive storms...
Weather Service Drops Fargo, North Dakota Flood Prediction Again
Apr 30 2013 // A Red River flood that a week ago was predicted to challenge the record is now unlikely to reach the 100,000-plus sandbags and the miles of clay levees built for defense, Fargo, N.D., officials said on April 29. The...
Sandy Lesson for Business Owners: Read Policy, Keep Track of Notice Provisions
Apr 28 2013 // It’s been six months since Superstorm Sandy made its landfall on the coast of New Jersey and became one of the costliest storms ever recorded in the U.S. Many businesses in the region are still recovering from the...
Storms Flood Streets, Damage Houses in Southeast Louisiana
Apr 26 2013 // A fast-moving line of intense thunderstorms flooded streets, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in southeast Louisiana on April 24 and spawned two tornadoes that damaged homes and businesses in Jefferson...
Cautious Relief in Peoria, Illinois as Water Levels Fall
Apr 25 2013 // Floodwaters began a slow, inch-by-inch retreat on April 24 in inundated Peoria, Ill., offering hope to residents who watched helplessly as the Illinois River reached a 70-year high and swamped their homes and...
Most Americans Say Flood Insurance is Important But Don’t Buy It: Survey
Apr 25 2013 // More than four in five Americans (81 percent) know that a standard homeowner’s insurance policy doesn’t cover flood damage, but even so the vast majority of homeowners do not purchase flood insurance. A 2012...
Flood Warnings for Tennessee, Kentucky Near Mississippi River
Apr 24 2013 // Flood warnings have been issued in Tennessee and Kentucky as the Mississippi River starts to slowly rise from northern floodwaters, but officials say the rising water should not have a significant impact. Marlene...
Sandbagging Underway in Fargo, North Dakota-Area Subdivisions
Apr 24 2013 // The flood fight is kicking into high gear in southeastern North Dakota, where residents are preparing for what could be the fourth major flood in five years. The National Weather Service has warned residents in Fargo and...
Terrorism Risk, Flood Insurance and Green Building Hot Topics for Risk Managers: RIMS
Apr 23 2013 // Renewal of the Terrorism and Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) was a much talked about topic at the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference on Tuesday, a four-day conference in Los Angeles, Calif., that includes...
