Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Waterloo, Iowa, to Receive $7M Grant for Flood Control
Aug 6 2010 // The U.S. Department of Commerce is providing Waterloo, Iowa, with a $7 million grant for flood control efforts. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, D-Iowa, announced the Economic Development Administration grant on Aug. 3....
July’s Catastrophes Cause Widespread Losses Globally: Aon Benfield
Aug 3 2010 // Floods in Pakistan and China have taken thousands of lives and damaged hundreds of thousands of homes, according to a new report on catastrophic events in July by a reinsurance team. A European heatwave, wildfires in...
Army Corps Claims Actions Reduced Tennessee Flooding in May
Aug 2 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has concluded its actions during the May floods reduced the Cumberland River’s flood crest in Nashville by 5 feet, but the agency suffered numerous communications problems during the...
The Economy and the Homeowners Market
Aug 2 2010 // How the Economy Turned Optional Coverages into Mandatory Enhancements Offering comprehensive homeowners coverage in today’s insurance market is not only good business, but a necessity. Insuring the property for full...
Connecticut Flood Victims Facing Deadline Today
Jul 27 2010 // Connecticut residents are running out of time to file federal damage claims from the March flooding that affected the eastern half of the state. Anyone with property damage has until today to file with the Federal...
Wisconsin Flood Damage Exceeds $28.5 Million
Jul 27 2010 // Damage from last week’s flooding in Milwaukee County, Wis., now exceeds more than $28.5 million, according to Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. He reported that 6,368 residential homes in Milwaukee County sustained damage...
Army Corps Report Claims Actions Reduced Tennessee Flooding
Jul 23 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has concluded its actions during the May floods reduced the Cumberland River’s flood crest in Nashville by 5 feet, but the agency suffered numerous communications problems during the...
Typhoon Chanthu Hits South China – AIR Report
Jul 23 2010 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Chanthu slammed into southern China near Wuchuan City in Guangdong Province on Thursday, “further drenching a region already inundated by a month of...
Obama Opposes Adding Wind Coverage to Federal Flood Insurance
Jul 22 2010 // The Obama Administration is again opposing a move to add wind insurance to the federal flood insurance program, as has been pushed by Rep. Gene Taylor, D.-Miss. A statement from the Office of Management and Budget says...
Midwest Threatened with More Flooding
Jul 22 2010 // The Mississippi River is back above flood stage from the southern tip of Iowa through Missouri, leaving some communities on edge as more storms threaten to bring more water. Parts of southern Iowa, northern Missouri and...
Floods, Landslides Kill 37 in China
Jul 21 2010 // Rescuers in China were searching Tuesday for 30 people buried in landslides as flood waters from days of heavy rain surged past the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest. Soldiers used bulldozers to plow through...
Connecticut to Buy, Then Demolish Flood-Prone Properties
Jul 19 2010 // The federal government has approved a grant of nearly $1.4 million for the state of Connecticut to buy and then demolish five flood-prone properties in East Haven. Demolishing the properties is intended to reduce or...
China Braces for Typhoon Conson; Vietnam Evacuates Thousands
Jul 16 2010 // Southern China on Friday battened down to await the arrival of Typhoon Conson, gathering strength over the South China Sea, and Vietnam deployed nearly 3,000 troops to areas in the path of the storm. Swollen rivers and...
Agents Applaud House Passage of Flood Insurance Program Extension
Jul 16 2010 // The U.S. House of Representatives has a measure extending the federal flood insurance program for five years. The bill, H.R. 5114, the “Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2010,” sponsored by Rep. Maxine...
Lawsuit in Florida Targets Flood Insurance As Danger to Sea Turtles
Jul 15 2010 // The National Wildife Federation claims in a lawsuit that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood insurance program is hurting sea turtles by spurring coastal development. The lawsuit filed in Miami federal...
House May Vote on Federal Flood Insurance Extension Today
Jul 15 2010 // Insurers are urging the House of Representatives to pass legislation today that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years. The measure, HR 5114, the “Flood Insurance Reform and...
First Half 2010 Catastrophe Losses Double Average at $22 Billion
Jul 8 2010 // A report from Munich Re (www.munichre.com) notes that the first half of 2010 was “marked by an exceptionally large number of natural catastrophes and the scale of the losses they caused.” The reinsurer recorded...
Insurance Covers Repairs to Nashville Public Works Hit by Floods
Jul 8 2010 // Local taxpayers in Nashville will largely be off the hook for the costs of repairing public facilities damaged by severe flooding in May. The Tennessean quoted Metro Nashville Finance Director Rich Riebeling, who said the...
Few Iowa Communities Join Flood Insurance Program
Jul 8 2010 // Officials say just 18 cities and counties in Iowa have enrolled in the National Flood Insurance Program since the floods of 2008. Those that participate must agree to adopt and enforce flood plain management ordinances to...
Connecticut to Buy Then Demolish Flood-Prone Properties in East Haven
Jul 7 2010 // The federal government has approved a grant of nearly $1.4 million for the state of Connecticut to buy and then demolish five flood-prone properties in East Haven. Demolishing the properties is intended to reduce or...
