Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Floods Recede in Fargo, But Other Hazards Linger
Mar 26 2010 // As the Red River slowly started to recede this week and fears of major flooding diminished, Fargo residents were left to deal with another problem: environmental hazards that linger long after the waters...
Federal Flood Insurance Program Closed for Weeks
Mar 26 2010 // As insurance and real estate agents and homeowners feared, Congress left Washington without extending the federal flood insurance program. Congress adjourned until April 12 after failing to agree on an unemployment...
Plug Could Be Pulled from Flood Insurance Program Again This Weekend
Mar 25 2010 // Insurance and real estate agents are being advised to prepare their clients for another possible interruption of the federal flood insurance program in three days, which could be longer than the one that happened last...
Violent Storm Hits Perth with Power Cuts, Flood and Hail Damage
Mar 24 2010 // A major storm has caused widespread flooding, collapsed roofs and power cuts to 150,000 customers in the western Australian city of Perth. The Bureau of Meteorology said the Monday storm carried wind gusts of more than 75...
Wash. Approves JUA For Flood Insurance
Mar 22 2010 // The Washington State Senate approved a flood insurance bill that would allow the insurance commissioner to create a market assistance plan and, if necessary, a joint underwriting association if the flood insurance market...
FEMA Administrator Visits North Dakota To Discuss Flooding Response
Mar 22 2010 // Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate visited North Dakota to observe operations in response to Red River flooding and meet with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, U.S. Senators Kent Conrad...
Declarations
Mar 22 2010 // Unfinished Work “This continuing decline in highway deaths is encouraging, but our work is far from over.” —National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland says the federal agency wants to see...
Massachusetts Congressmen Request Disaster Help After Floods
Mar 22 2010 // The Massachusetts Congressional delegation has asked President Barack Obama to issue a disaster declaration after last week’s flooding. Ten inches of rain fell in Massachusetts over three days, causing floods that...
Fargo’s Fight Against Flooding Nears Its Climax
Mar 22 2010 // A weeklong fight against flooding neared its climax in Fargo on Sunday, with miles of sandbags and clay dikes expected to hold back the bloated Red River at its crest with room to spare. City officials and residents were...
Lesson Learned: More Buy Flood Insurance in Minnesota After ’09
Mar 18 2010 // When the swollen Red River threatened his house in Moorehead, Minn., last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn’t lose everything, since didn’t have flood insurance. In the...
Mississippians Told to Expect April Floods
Mar 17 2010 // The Mississippi River is starting its spring climb with forecasters predicting a rise of more than a foot a day beginning at midweek. The result could be another year of flooding in the Vicksburg area. “Right now,...
More Than One-Third of U.S. Facing High Risk of Flooding
Mar 17 2010 // Major flooding has begun and is forecast to continue through spring in parts of the Midwest, according to the National Weather Service. The South and East are also more susceptible to flooding as an El Niño...
Senate Passes Flood Insurance Extension; No House Vote Yet
Mar 17 2010 // The U.S. Senate has passed a measure to extend the federal flood insurance program until Dec. 31, 2010. The Senate-approved extension is a provision in a bill, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 (H.R....
As Weather Warms, Property Owners Urged to Buy Flood Insurance
Mar 12 2010 // Having flood insurance will be increasingly important this year as spring rain combines in many parts of the U.S. with the melting of record snowfall, according to the Insurance Information Institute. “Many states on...
House Panels Face Environmental, Insurer Groups Over Catastrophe Bill
Mar 10 2010 // Two House subcommittees have scheduled a joint hearing today on ways to address homeowners insurance costs in disaster-prone communities, an issue that has some environmentalists, taxpayer groups and insurers standing...
Salina, Kan., Considering Appealing New Floodplain Maps
Mar 10 2010 // Salina, Kan., city officials said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new floodplain map is just plain wrong and they will consider appealing the floodplain maps for the south part of town. Most of the...
Rising Rivers Flood Rural Australian Towns
Mar 8 2010 // Floods caused by heavy rains have cut off several townships in Australia’s northeastern Queensland state and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, the state’s premier said Sunday. Premier Anna Bligh...
Minnesota Cities Brace for Spring Floods
Mar 8 2010 // Chances remain high for major spring flooding in some Minnesota cities along rivers as a heavy winter snowpack melts, the National Weather Service said. But city officials remain confident their towns can handle high water...
It Figures
Mar 7 2010 // 14.6% Auto thefts in Michigan in 2008 declined by 14.6 percent compared to 2007. Michigan’s H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) said 2008 statistics — the latest year for which data is available —...
Washington Lawmakers Approve JUA For Flood Insurance
Mar 5 2010 // The Washington State Senate has approved a flood insurance bill that would allow the insurance commissioner to create a market assistance plan and, if necessary, a joint underwriting association if the flood insurance...
