Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Washington Warns Green Valley Residents about Flood Insurance
Dec 4 2009 // With a recent check showing that fewer than 1 in 4 of the buildings in the Green River flood plain have federal flood insurance, state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is strongly urging more owners and renters to buy...
Hawaii Flood Damage Worst in Hanalei
Nov 25 2009 // The Hanalei community on Kauai was hit with 13 inches of rain in 24 hours last week, and bore the brunt of the storm’s flood damage. County officials say it will cost $500,000 to repair a pipeline that brings water...
Northwest England Hit by Floods; Bridges Collapse; AIR Analysis
Nov 23 2009 // A series of violent storms struck the west coast of England, beginning last Thursday. Cumbria, the County just below the Scottish border, was the most severely affected area, where heavy rain caused extensive flooding in a...
Katrina MRGO Ruling Could Bring New Deluge of Lawsuits
Nov 23 2009 // A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers’ “monumental negligence” for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action...
UPDATE: RMS Gives Preliminary Loss Estimates from UK Floods
Nov 23 2009 // Risk Management Solutions has issued a bulletin that presents several possibilities concerning the economic losses from the floods, which have caused extensive damage in northwest England [See IJ web site –...
Federal Judge Holds Corps Responsible in Katrina Flooding Case
Nov 19 2009 // A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain and operate the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet MRGO was a substantial cause for the flooding of part of the...
Flood-Prone Missouri Town Ready to Launch Mitigation Plan
Nov 18 2009 // Clarksville, Mo., is moving ahead with what Mayor Jo Anne Smiley calls the “monumental task” of never again having to worry about the Mississippi River ruining businesses and disrupting lives in this town of...
AIR Analyzes UK Storm
Nov 17 2009 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide described the storm, which struck Southern England and Wales last Friday night, November 13, as the “strongest storm of the season.” Winds gusting up to 160...
Downstream Towns in Midwest Worried About Red River Diversion
Nov 17 2009 // Residents living downstream from Fargo, N.D., and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., along the Red River fear their towns would be sacrificed in a diversion plan to save the two larger cities from chronic flooding. Backers of...
Flooded Georgia Homeowners Seek Buyouts from Cobb County
Nov 15 2009 // Many Cobb County homeowners in Georgia say they’d like the county to buy their flood-damaged homes, but a county official says it’s impossible to accommodate all of them. About 300 people gathered at a...
Flood-Damaged Kentucky Derby Museum to Reopen Next April
Nov 15 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will reopen next year after renovations to fix flooding damage are made to the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race. Flash flooding that hit Louisville in early...
It Figures
Nov 15 2009 // $1 Billion The Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion project to protect the suburban West Bank of New Orleans from devastating floods. Some critics say the project may have the potential dangerous consequence...
National Flood Program Extended Until Dec. 18
Nov 15 2009 // Congress has again temporarily extended the federal flood insurance program, this time until Dec. 18, 2009. The latest extension was approved by the House and Senate as part of an appropriations bill for the Department of...
High-Tech Flood Forecasts to Aid Midwest’s Red River Valley
Nov 13 2009 // High-tech mapping technology used to help Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., residents fight a record-setting flood last spring will be made available to the entire Red River Valley. The high-resolution elevation data, known as Light...
Georgia Flood Victims Advised on Recovery Funds, Insurance Claims
Nov 12 2009 // In just six weeks, more than $82 million has reached survivors of the Georgia floods to help them in their recovery, according to federal officials. “While much has been done to help thousands of people, there are...
Flood Damage in Cavalier County, N.D., Nearly $3M
Nov 9 2009 // Officials in North Dakota’s Cavalier County estimate nearly $3 million worth of damage in their county from last spring’s flooding. Cavalier County Highway Supervisor Terry Johnston says the damage is spread...
Kentucky Derby Museum to Reopen Next April After Flood Damage Fix
Nov 6 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will reopen next year after renovations to fix flooding damage are made to the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race. Flash flooding that hit Louisville in early...
Corps Begins $1B Barrier Project for Western New Orleans
Nov 6 2009 // Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay. The...
ABI Teams with AIR, Met Office in Study of Climate Change Flood Costs
Nov 4 2009 // The Association of British Insurers is increasingly concerned that “rising global temperatures will put the heat on insurance as flood costs rise.” This would in turn “lead to more expensive and harder to...
Feds Improve Flood Prediction in Washington State
Nov 4 2009 // Federal weather officials are beefing up their storm detection abilities in the Green River basin south of Seattle in hopes of better predicting flood threats, according to an article in the Seattle Times. Next month, the...
