Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Madison, South Dakota, Residents Want Changes After Flooding
May 15 2012 // Madison residents continue to clean up a week after a storm dropped six inches of rain that caused flash flooding, and some want to ensure it never happens again. They plan to ask city leaders to consider building a water...
Judge Dismisses Part of Lawsuit Over Birds Point Levee
May 15 2012 // A federal judge has dismissed a large portion of a class-action lawsuit brought by more than 140 southeast Missouri farmers whose land was damaged when Birds Point levee was intentionally breached last year. Judge Nancy B....
Flood Insurance Hearing Held in Washington
May 9 2012 // Senators Jon Tester, D-Mont., and David Vitter, R-La., held a hearing today examining the need for long-term reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. The flood program program is set to expire at...
Federal Help Sought To Avert Flooding At NM Pueblo
May 8 2012 // Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are asking the federal government for help to prevent possible flooding at Santa Clara Pueblo. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan say the...
Fitch Analyzes Uncertainty over Extension of UK Flood Insurance Plan
May 7 2012 // The end in June of the UK government’s agreement with the country’s insurance industry, the Statement of Principles (SoP) agreement, which provides insurance in high flood risk areas, “may prove positive...
FEMA Halts Agents’ Use of Rebates
May 7 2012 // Federal emergency officials are calling on insurance agents to stop offering clients a cut of their commission if a customer agrees to purchase a flood policy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking aim at...
Florida Law May Block Access to Flood Program
May 7 2012 // A bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers could hinder the ability of some communities to participate in the federally funded flood insurance program, federal officials say. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Once Again, Flood Insurance Program to Expire Unless Congress Acts
May 3 2012 // Federal officials are putting fresh pressure on Congress to take action on the National Flood Insurance Program, whose authorization expires at the end of this month, one day before hurricane season begins. The NFIP has...
Gaylord Hotels Suing Government Over 2010 Nashville Floods
May 2 2012 // Gaylord Entertainment Co. has filed a lawsuit accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House...
Court Reverses Mississippi Award Over ‘Negligent’ Flood Policy Advice
May 1 2012 // An insurance company selling federal flood insurance has won a case against a Mississippi homeowner who claimed the insurer was negligent in not informing him that he was eligible to buy a preferred risk policy with more...
Tanana River Ice Jam Floods Alaska’s Manley Hot Springs
May 1 2012 // Five homes have been flooded in the interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs and high water is threatening 20 more. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports an ice jam formed on the Tanana River downstream of the...
Louisiana’s Sen. Vitter Pushes to Extend Flood Insurance Program
Apr 30 2012 // U.S. Sen. David Vitter is pushing for a long-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. The Louisiana Republican wants to stop extending the program with short-term extensions. The insurance program, which...
Florida Agency to Fight FEMA Ban on Flood Insurance Commission Rebating
Apr 27 2012 // One Florida insurance agency is protesting a decision by the federal flood insurance program that would stop insurers and agents from offering clients a rebate on agents’ commission to customers who buy flood...
Vermont and U.S. Officials Highlight Irene Housing
Apr 26 2012 // Stephen Cutlip had only been living in Mendon for several weeks when he was displaced last summer by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Following the August flood, he lived in a series of motels then spent three months in...
Louisiana Parish Assembles ‘Cat 5’ Flood Team
Apr 26 2012 // Officials in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, have begun the annual work of assembling the parish’s “Cat 5” flood team. The task force is charged with identifying places in the parish that flood excessively...
FEMA Urges Renewal of Flood Insurance Program Set to Expire Next Month
Apr 25 2012 // Federal flood insurance officials are urging Congress to renew the federal program. The National Flood Insurance Program is scheduled to expire on May 31 unless Congress acts, in advance, to reauthorize it. “Without...
New Law May Limit Participation in Flood Program in Florida
Apr 17 2012 // A bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers could hinder the ability of some communities to participate in the federally funded flood insurance program, federal officials say. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
FEMA to Agents: Stop Using Commission Rebates to Solicit Business
Apr 17 2012 // Federal emergency officials are calling on insurance agents to stop offering clients a cut of the agent’s commission if the client agrees to purchase a flood policy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking...
Levee.org Seeks Historic Status for Katrina-Damaged Levees
Apr 13 2012 // An advocacy group is bypassing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and going straight to the National Park Service in a quest to have two spots where levees failed during Hurricane Katrina added to the National Registry of...
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Says State to Cover More Flood Costs
Apr 13 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will cover more local costs for recovery from the storms that flooded parts of New York last summer. His office says the state will make $61 million available to 25 counties to...
