Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds Say Flood Control in Northwest Ohio Could Cost $150M
Dec 13 2012 // Flood control for the Blanchard River in Ohio, where there have been several major floods since 2007, could cost up to $150 million or more, according to federal officials. Flood prevention has become a top priority along...
FEMA to Help Elevate Homes in Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish
Dec 11 2012 // More structures in Terrebonne Parish will get a boost above future storm surges with another wave of federal grants. The Courier reports about $3 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money will be used to elevate...
White House $60 Billion Sandy Relief Request Includes Flood Insurance Funding
Dec 10 2012 // The White House has officially asked Congress to authorize $60.4 billion in federal spending for response, recovery and mitigation related to Hurricane Sandy damage in all affected states. The request, in a letter to the...
New York Superstorm Warnings Went Unheeded for Decades, Observers Say
Dec 9 2012 // More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a storm of historic proportions, spelling out scenarios eerily similar to...
FEMA Likely to Expand Flood Zones Along N.J. Coast in Wake of Sandy
Dec 9 2012 // The federal government is poised to expand flood zones and push for increases in building elevations along the New Jersey coast in the wake of flooding from Hurricane Sandy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency was...
Aon Benfield’s Monthly Cat Report Highlights UK Floods
Dec 7 2012 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, has released its latest edition of its monthly Global...
Tennesee Valley Authority Pressed for Details on Nuclear Plant Flood Safety
Dec 7 2012 // Nuclear power plant regulators want more specific information from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on how the utility plans to protect reactors in case of severe flooding. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press,...
NJM Insurance: Sandy-Related Claims Could Exceed $300M
Dec 6 2012 // With more than 52,000 Sandy-related claims filed to date, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company said it anticipates that payouts to policyholders who have suffered covered losses could exceed $300 million — four...
Commentary: Houseless After Sandy, Until the Insurance Money Kicks In
Dec 5 2012 // (The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are her own.) It took one day for Superstorm Sandy to destroy my house. So far, it’s taken more than a month for insurance to help me get back in. The last...
Iowa Fire Officials Change Policy on Flood Zone Fires
Dec 5 2012 // Fire officials in Cedar Rapids say they have a different policy for battling fires at buildings vacated by the city’s historic 2008 floods. The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids Fire Department spokesman Greg Buelow says...
Tennessee Valley Authority Eyes Worst-Case Flood Scenario
Dec 5 2012 // The Tennessee Valley Authority is developing a worst-case flooding scenario that could require taller dams and more protection for nuclear reactors. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press , utility officials met...
Philippines’ Biggest Typhoon Kills at least 230; Hundreds More Missing
Dec 5 2012 // The death toll from the Philippines’ strongest typhoon this year rose on Wednesday to around 230, with hundreds missing in landslides and floodwaters, as the storm continued its destructive path across the island...
NW Ohio Officials Lobby for Flood Control Study
Dec 3 2012 // Five years after a major flood swamped northwest Ohio, officials again are pushing for the completion of a flood control study of the Blanchard River area. A six-member regional delegation including the mayors of Findlay...
Missoula County Wants Montana Mill Site On Superfund List
Dec 3 2012 // Missoula County commissioners have sent a letter to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer asking him to support putting the former Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. mill site in Frenchtown on the Superfund National Priorities...
Cold, Mold Loom as Hazards in Sandy Disaster Zones
Dec 2 2012 // A month after Sandy’s floodwaters swept up his block, punched a hole in his foundation and drowned his furnace, John Frawley still has no electricity or heat in his dilapidated home on the Rockaway seashore in...
Homeowners in Mississippi’s Moss Point Fight Flood Insurance Rules
Nov 29 2012 // Moss Point officials hope a city judge will set a court date in December to determine if 47 properties must comply with rules to elevate homes in flood plains. Andrew R. Beamon, who became director of the city’s...
Aon Launches Replacement Flood Coverage Call Option
Nov 29 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc has created Flood Secure Flex, a new call option for Flood Secure, to allow U.S. organizations to lock in pricing and terms for replacement flood...
Big Bill for Levee Upkeep Comes to New Orleans
Nov 29 2012 // In the busy and under-staffed offices of New Orleans’ flood-control leaders, there’s an uneasy feeling about what lies ahead. By the time the next hurricane season starts in June of 2013, the city will take...
Georgia AG Warns Auto Buyers: Beware of Sandy-Damaged Vehicles
Nov 28 2012 // Georgia’s Attorney General Sam Olens issued a consumer alert notice last week, warning consumers who are in the market for used cars to beware of flood-damaged vehicles in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Attorney...
White House Request for Sandy Aid Expected to Include Flood Insurance Funds
Nov 28 2012 // The White House is expected in the coming days to send Congress a multibillion dollar request to fund recovery from Superstorm Sandy, which caused an estimated $71 billion in damages in New York and New...
