Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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May 2 2011 // InsuranceJournal.com Reader Poll Do you think P/C insurers, rating agencies and regulators place too much emphasis on computerized catastrophe models? Yes (146 votes) 68.87% No (39 votes) 18.4% Not sure (27 votes) 12.74%...
Wind and Rain Lash Indiana as Flood Threat Looms
Apr 29 2011 // The same storm system that spawned tornadoes that killed hundreds in the South dumped more rain April 28 on parts of Indiana already bracing for floods and toppled trees onto cars along a busy highway. No injuries were...
Northern New York Hit by Severe Flooding, Road Washouts
Apr 28 2011 // Dozens of roads are closed in northern New York after severe storms dumped more than 2 1/2 inches of rain, causing extensive flooding and washing out at least one bridge. Local media report that heavy rain late Tuesday and...
Levees Strain in Midwest; Volunteers Keep Fighting
Apr 28 2011 // Twelve hours into a sandbagging shift, and working through a driving storm punctuated by lightning and loud claps of thunder, Casey Lee wasn’t ready to quit. Not until the makeshift levee protecting tiny Dutchtown in...
Illinois Insurance Dept. Issues Warning on Adjusters; Urges Flood Coverage
Apr 28 2011 // The Illinois Department of Insurance is warning homeowners about unsolicited offers of help from insurance adjusters after recent storms in southern Illinois. The agency says these unaffiliated adjusters claim they can get...
Spring Flooding Renews Concerns over Flood Program
Apr 27 2011 // For agents across much of the Northeast, the last month has brought spates of spring flooding and storms — and has served as a reminder for what is poised to become a political battle this year over frequent lapses and...
Mississippi River Nears Highest Levels Since 1937
Apr 27 2011 // The National Weather Service has forecast that the Mississippi River will crest at Vicksburg and Natchez at the highest levels since 1937. Forecasts are the river will crest at 52.5 feet in Vicksburg on May 13 and at 60...
Calif. Businesses, Residents Urged to Consider Flood Insurance
Apr 21 2011 // While California may have survived this past winter’s storms, experts are urging businesses and residents to consider flood insurance. The state’s winters storms left behind a massive snow pack 165 percent...
Cattle, Crops at Risk From North Dakota Floods, Snow
Apr 21 2011 // Snowstorms on top of flooding in North Dakota have not yet resulted in many cattle deaths as feared, but lingering cold, wet weather threatens the state’s herd, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said. Spring...
Japan’s Tragedy a Reminder of Need for Business Interruption Insurance
Apr 18 2011 // The human, social and economic devastation in Japan from the massive earthquake and tsunami is overwhelming and business losses are just beginning to be tallied. Companies in the United States that purchase products or...
Tennessee’s Opry Mills to Reopen; Suit Against Flood Insurers Goes On
Apr 12 2011 // Nearly one year after a historic flood ravaged Nashville and submerged the popular Opry Mill shopping mall, the mall said it will reopen in 2012. This will happen despite the fact the property owner, Simon Property, is...
Red River Floods Fields, but U.S. Farmers Ready
Apr 12 2011 // Record flooding in parts of the U.S. Red River Valley has slowed grain movement, but lake-like fields are nothing new to farmers who battle flooding on some scale each spring, industry officials said. The Red River, which...
Red River Begins Slow Decline in Fargo Area
Apr 11 2011 // The Red River Sunday had started a gradual decline in the Fargo-Moorhead area after reaching a preliminary crest at the fourth-highest level on record with rain storms coming in lighter than expected. “This rain will...
House Flood Insurance Reform Bill Wins Bipartisan Support
Apr 7 2011 // A House subcommittee yesterday approved a bipartisan bill to reauthorize and reform the nation’s flood insurance program. The 10 Republicans and eight Democrats on the Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity...
Flood Insurance Reform Bill Due This Week
Apr 4 2011 // A key House subcommittee plans to mark up its final version of legislation to reauthorize and reform the federal flood insurance program this Wednesday. Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., who chairs the Financial Services...
Plans to Reform Texas Wind Pool Taking Shape
Apr 4 2011 // Two Texas lawmakers have introduced separate but similar bills aimed at reforming the troubled state-backed wind risk insurer for property along the Texas coast. At a packed hearing on Mar. 15, Texas House of...
North Dakota Flood Helpline Now Operating
Apr 1 2011 // Fargo officials have yet to deliver sandbags to residents along the Red River, but the North Dakota city’s flood hotline is up and running. The service is managed by the city’s library and meant for people who...
Red River Flood Mitigation Plan Requires State, Local Approvals
Apr 1 2011 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it needs formal approval from state and local officials in two states by April 11 to keep alive the latest version of a planned Red River diversion around Fargo and neighboring...
AIR Releases New Northwest Asia-Pacific Area Wide Typhoon Model
Mar 31 2011 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has released an enhanced typhoon model for the Northwest Pacific Basin. AIR said the “model, which was released in Version 12.5 of AIR’s CLASIC/2™ and CATRADER®...
Flood Insurance Reformers to Hold Second Hearing
Mar 30 2011 // The House subcommittee preparing a flood insurance reform measure will have its second hearing on April 1 to hear testimony from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate. Fugate was unable to...
