Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Taxpayer, Green Groups Oppose Adding Wind to Flood Insurance
Mar 13 2009 // The Sierra Club, American Rivers and Taxpayers for Common Sense– all members of the Americans for Smart Natural Catastrophe Policy– are opposing legislation that would add wind insurance coverage to the...
$100 Million Iowa Relief Plan Would Include Buying Flooded Homes
Mar 13 2009 // Iowa Democrats have unveiled a $100 million flood relief package and are negotiating how to pay for it. The biggest part of the plan would be $20 million for flood prevention efforts. The plan sets aside $12.5 million to...
Iowa Gets $11 Million Flood Relief
Mar 12 2009 // Iowa has been awarded nearly $11 million in federal floods for flood recovery. The grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are to help with rebuilding projects at the University of Iowa and in Linn County. More...
Buy Flood Insurance, Wisconsin Officials Tell Homeowners
Mar 11 2009 // State emergency officials want homeowners to get flood insurance. Flooding in August 2007 caused $112.4 million in damage to property and crops. Another round of floods in June 2008 caused more than $765 million. Wisconsin...
National Flood Insurance Program Gets Short-Term Extension
Mar 11 2009 // The U.S. Senate passed a measure extending the nation’s flood insurance program through September 2009 last night. While the U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program...
Readiness of Some Rebuilt Levees in Midwest Questioned
Mar 10 2009 // With the prospect of another season of spring flooding fast approaching, the Army Corps of Engineers insists the earthen flood levees outmatched by the Mississippi River last summer are rebuilt and ready. Not...
River Communities in Iowa Bracing for Spring Floods
Mar 10 2009 // The impact won’t be clear for a couple of days, but major flooding along two eastern Iowa rivers has local and county officials preparing for the worst. The major floods of last summer left a lasting impression on...
Mississippi’s Rep. Taylor Renews Push for Federal Wind Insurance Policy
Mar 10 2009 // Rep. Gene Taylor, D.-Miss., isn’t letting opposition by major insurance companies keep him from pushing his plan to make wind coverage for properties available through the federal flood insurance...
Capitol County Mutual Non-Renewing Texas Policyholders
Mar 9 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that Capitol County Mutual Fire Insurance Company has notified policyholders that their industrial fire insurance coverage will end effective with the policy monthly anniversary...
Geographers Create U.S. ‘Death Map’ of Natural Event Fatalities
Mar 9 2009 // University of South Carolina geographers have produced a map of natural-hazard mortality that gives a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural events such as floods, earthquakes or...
Areas with Flood Insurance Policy Sales Potential Include Iowa, Missouri
Mar 9 2009 // GAO compared the number of NFIP policies in a given area, as of September 2006, with the total number of county flood declarations from January 1980 to June 2008, cumulative flood claims payments from January 1978 to April...
Study Unveils Target Areas for Flood Insurance Policy Sales
Mar 9 2009 // But Selling More Policies in These Communities at Subsidized Premiums Could Sink Federal Program There are a number of communities across the country where more flood insurance policies should be sold given their...
The Flood Insurance Coverage Paradox
Mar 9 2009 // You May Not Know What You Think You Know About Flood Insurance Claims When dealing with claims under flood insurance policies, you may be surprised that many things you think you know are wrong, and, particularly for...
It’s Time to Discuss Flood Insurance
Mar 9 2009 // It’s rainy season, meaning there’s an increased risk for flooding. Since 1996, Oregon and Washington have had 18 federally declared flood disasters due to heavy rains, cresting rivers, backed-up storm drains...
National Flood Insurance Expected to Get 5 Day Extension Today
Mar 6 2009 // The U.S. Senate delayed action last night on a federal omnibus bill that provides funding to most of the federal government, including the nation’s federal flood insurance program that expires today. However,...
National Flood Insurance Program Gets 5 Day Extension
Mar 6 2009 // The U.S. Senate passed a five-day extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by voice vote this afternoon after lawmakers delayed action Thursday night on the federal omnibus bill which would have extended...
National Flood Insurance Program Set to Expire Tomorrow
Mar 5 2009 // The U.S. Senate has yet to approve a measure extending the nation’s flood insurance program, which expires tomorrow. While the U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program...
Group to Buy Land to Stop Flooding in 2 Northwest Ohio Towns
Mar 4 2009 // A group looking for ways to prevent another serious flood in northwest Ohio said it will use $3 million in state aid to buy homes and land along the Blanchard River in two hard-hit towns. Buying the low-lying properties in...
Cities Along Red River Prepare for Spring Flooding
Feb 26 2009 // Officials of cities along the Red River are preparing for the worst while they await an updated spring flood forecast Friday. Wilkin County, Minn., engineer Tom Richels says the county has lined up pumps and sandbags. He...
Maine Commissioner Urges Residents to Consider Flood Insurance
Feb 25 2009 // Although portions of the state are still mired in more than a foot of snow, Maine’s insurance superintendent is urging residents to evaluate their need for flood insurance — especially with spring approaching...
