Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Urges Flood, Hurricane Preparedness
May 25 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon kicked off his summer storm tour to raise awareness for hurricane and flood preparedness by urging consumers to protect themselves and their property against Louisiana’s...
More Homeowners Could Need Flood Coverage with Post-Ike Maps
May 25 2010 // A federal revision of flood maps in 17 Texas coastal counties based on information from Hurricane Ike could lead to costly insurance increases for some homeowners. The Houston Chronicle reported that hurricane levees...
Flood Insurance Rates Cut for Property Owners Affected By Remapping
May 24 2010 // Property owners across the country fearing they may be forced to buy expensive flood insurance under a push to draw up new floodplain maps will catch a break by being offered the coverage at sharply lower rates for two...
New Flood Maps Put More Kansas Residents in Flood Plain
May 24 2010 // Officials Harvey County, Iowa, say some residents may need to buy flood insurance under new federal maps of the area’s flood plain. Scott Davies, director of the Harvey County Planning and Zoning, says 270 residents...
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Property Owners Can Sue State Over Floods
May 24 2010 // Residents and businesses in a northeast Iowa town can sue the state for flood damage caused by a highway project, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled last Friday. The court overturned district court and appeals court decisions...
Tennessee Insurance Agents Warned on Flood Insurance E&O Exposure
May 20 2010 // Some Tennessee homeowners have been surprised to learn their policies won’t pay for flood damage and an attorney and lobbyist is warning insurance agents not to admit to any wrongdoing if clients confront them about...
U.S. Being Bankrupted By Disasters, Professor Tells Federal Reserve
May 17 2010 // America is emerging from a deep recession caused by financial messes on Wall Street, but Dr. J. David Rogers says the Federal Reserve is still being bankrupted by natural disasters. “The National Flood Insurance...
Lawsuits Against Coal Firms Claim Mining Worsened Kentucky Floods
May 17 2010 // A lawsuit filed against two coal companies that blames mining and poor reclamation for worsening flooding around an eastern Kentucky creek has grown to include 72 plaintiffs. The suit, plus a second lawsuit with 15...
Corps Raises 100-Year Flood Estimate for Fargo, North Dakota
May 17 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has raised its 100-year flood estimate for the Red River in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn. The change raises the previous estimate about a foot to 42.6 feet. The new estimate was...
Beyond the Flood Zone: Storm Surge Report Shows Coastal Vulnerabilities
May 17 2010 // Homeowners can mitigate against wind damage, but they’re powerless, really, to do anything against storm surge,” said one researcher whose job it is to develop ways to determine the vulnerability of homes and...
House Bill Would Keep Federal Flood Insurance Open Through September
May 10 2010 // House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., has introduced legislation extending the federal flood insurance program from its current May 31 deadline through September 30, 2010. Frank’s bill...
Early Partial Estimate of Nashville Flood Damage: $1.5 Billion
May 9 2010 // As of last Friday, damages to Nashville from serious flooding were estimated at $1.5 billion, a number Mayor Karl Dean said will climb because all areas had not been checked. Dean said that estimate only includes...
Football Team Finds Minor Flood Damage at Tennessee Stadium
May 6 2010 // The Tennessee Titans have gotten a chance to check out LP Field where flood waters covered the football field, and the damage appears to be minor. Senior executive vice president Steve Underwood said in a statement that...
Vermont School Had $200K in Winter Flood Damage
May 5 2010 // School officials in Vermont say winter flooding at a Bennington elementary school caused $200,000 in damage. Officials say the Jan. 17 water main break at the Molly Stark Elementary School affected 17 rooms and closed the...
Southeast Flooding Kills 22, Closes Businesses and Schools
May 4 2010 // A weekend deluge burst rivers and creeks from their banks across Tennessee and neighboring U.S. states Monday, killing at least 22 people and forcing thousands to evacuate homes and hotels. The overflowing Cumberland River...
Nashville’s Opryland Among Business Closed by Tennesee Floods
May 4 2010 // Nashville’s famous Gaylord Opryland Resort, which sits adjacent to the Cumberland River and is protected by levees built to sustain the 100 year flood standard, suffered flood damage in the early hours of Monday, May...
Arkansas Official: Flood Insurance Push a ‘Scam’ to Raise Money
May 4 2010 // Recommendations by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for landowners in Trumann, Ark., to purchase flood insurance are nothing more than a scam, a levee district official told a crowd of concerned residents on May...
Beyond the Flood Zone: Storm Surge Multiplies Coastal Vulnerabilities
Apr 30 2010 // “Homeowners can mitigate against wind damage, but they’re powerless, really, to do anything against storm surge,” says one researcher whose job it is to develop ways to determine the vulnerability of...
New Mississippi Insurer to Compete for Coastal Home Insurance Business
Apr 29 2010 // A newly-formed Mississippi company with backing from a Florida insurer and local private investors including six independent agencies will begin writing homeowners policies on the coast in Mississippi. Gulfport-based...
House Commitee Advances 5-Year Flood Insurance Extension
Apr 28 2010 // A bill to overhaul the troubled U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, which covers more than five million homes and businesses in flood-prone areas, was approved on Tuesday by a congressional committee. The bill, if...
