Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Markets/Coverages: ShoreOne Offers Combination Home, Flood Policy in Rhode Island
Nov 13 2025 // ShoreOne Insurance Managers, Inc. has officially launched its residential homeowners policy with full flood insurance protection in Rhode Island. This coverage combines both home and flood insurance under one policy—with...
London’s Rich Come to Grips With Flood Risk on Their Doorstep
Nov 13 2025 // As London struggles to adapt to the reality of more frequent and powerful floods, its wealthier corners are emerging as some of the most at risk. Last month in the affluent London neighborhood of South Hampstead,...
Families of Camp Mystic Flood Victims Allege Negligence in Lawsuit
Nov 13 2025 // The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to protect the campers as life-threatening floodwaters approached,...
Crews Work to Fix Alaska Native Villages Devastated by Floods
Nov 10 2025 // Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy land. He is one of seven...
Americans Are Moving Out of Flood-Prone Neighborhoods
Nov 6 2025 // The American neighborhoods with the highest risk of floods are again losing residents. For the first time since 2019, high-risk counties lost domestic residents, with 30,000 more people relocating to other places in the...
Vietnam Flood Deaths Rise as New Storm Tracks Toward Coast
Nov 3 2025 // The death toll in Vietnam from last week’s record-breaking downpours has climbed to 37 as another powerful storm bears down on the country’s coast and floodwaters rise again in some tourism hubs. The national...
Rebuilding Begins After Drenching Rains Flood Parts of Central, South Florida
Oct 29 2025 // Intense rains that stalled over Central Florida unleashed nearly 20 inches (508 millimeters) of rain in 24 hours, triggering dangerous flash floods that stranded cars and inundated roadways, leaving some closed to traffic...
Wright Flood’s Buy of Poulton Associates to Create Largest Flood Insurance Provider
Oct 28 2025 // Wright National Flood Insurance Company said its affiliate, Wright National Flood Insurance Services, an operating company of Arrowhead Programs, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Poulton Associates....
NAMIC to Federal Lawmakers: Do Your Job on Flood Insurance Program
Oct 16 2025 // Two weeks into the expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program, one of the insurance industry’s trade associations is once again calling for a reauthorization. The National Association of Mutual Insurance...
Texas Legislature Forms Committees to Investigate July Deadly Floods
Oct 16 2025 // Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature have announced the creation of committees tasked with “getting to the bottom of” the July flooding that killed more than 130 people, including 25 young girls and two...
UK Is Making It Easier to Assess Public Flood-Defense Funding
Oct 15 2025 // The UK is making it easier for flood defense projects to access public funds as climate change increases the risk to homes. On Tuesday, the government announced changes to the way that funds are allocated to protect homes...
Government Shutdown Threatens US Home Sales in Flood-Prone Areas: Report
Oct 15 2025 // A shutdown of the U.S. government could hinder the accessibility of insurance coverage to prospective homeowners in flood-prone areas, and cost the already struggling housing market billions of dollars in delayed contract...
New York City And Northeast Brace for Flooding Rains From Weekend Storm
Oct 10 2025 // New York City and the Northeast are in the crosshairs of a massive coastal storm that’s poised to bring high winds, surging tides and heavy rain throughout the region starting Sunday. Drenching rain and strong winds...
Florida’s Citizens Is Deferring Flood Coverage Proof While NFIP Is Shut Down
Oct 6 2025 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is deferring the required proof of flood insurance while the federal government shutdown continues and the National Flood Insurance Program is in limbo. “Citizens...
Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish Improves Flood Rating
Oct 6 2025 // Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana could soon see a reduction in flood insurance premiums, after the parish improved its class rating for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Jefferson Parish’s...
Flood Insurer Neptune Shares Climb 24% After $368 Million US IPO
Oct 2 2025 // Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. shares jumped 24% after the flood insurance company’s shareholders raised $368.4 million in a US initial public offering. Shares of the St. Petersburg, Florida-based firm closed at...
Central Texas Floods Reveal Need to Improve Disaster Response in Unincorporated Areas
Sep 30 2025 // Rain was already coursing through the usually dry creek near Abraham Stallins’ home in the Texas Hill Country when a flash flood warning lit up his phone. It was just after midnight on July 5, and many neighbors were...
4 Dead After Flooding in Arizona, Including in Historic Mining Town
Sep 29 2025 // Four people died after heavy rain caused flooding in Arizona, including three in a rural 19th-century mining town where floodwaters on Friday forced people to seek safety on rooftops and washed out a propane...
Lawmakers Press FEMA on the Future of US Flood Insurance
Sep 29 2025 // Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at the agency that runs it, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In a letter to...
Flood-Focused Neptune’s IPO Joins Boom in Niche Insurer Debuts
Sep 29 2025 // Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. is hoping its record of growth and profitability selling flood insurance policies will generate the same investor enthusiasm for its US IPO that greeted most debuts by other firms in the...
