Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
High Water a Problem in South Dakota; Governor Declares Emergency
Mar 27 2009 // The town of Westport, S.D., north of Aberdeen is being flooded by the Elm River and South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed an emergency declaration allowing the use of state resources to help towns and cities respond to...
Washington Implements Flood Insurance Coverage Law
Mar 27 2009 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has Senate Bill 5417, an act relating to flood insurance coverage. According to the law, “every insurer issuing a homeowner, condominium unit owner, residential tenant and residential...
Fargo, N.D., Prepares as Red River Approaches Historic Levels
Mar 27 2009 // The National Weather Service says the Red River reached record stage in Fargo, N.D., overnight and one of the levees was breeched. The river had risen to 40.18 feet early on March 27, breaking a 112-year-old record on its...
Stimulus Money to Help Ease Oklahoma Dam Woes
Mar 27 2009 // Conservation officials announced that thanks to the federal stimulus bill, Oklahoma is in line for $25 million to rehabilitate high-hazard earthen dams that provide flood protection across the state. They said Oklahoma is...
North Dakota Flooding Prompts Federal Disaster Designation
Mar 26 2009 // President Barack Obama has declared North Dakota a federal disaster area because of statewide flooding. North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven says the move means the federal government will pay 75 percent of state and local...
Spring Weather Warnings: Midwest Floods; Droughts in South, West
Mar 24 2009 // Flooding in the upper Midwest, which could rival the high water levels experienced in 2006 and possibly 1997, and continued drought in the South and West are among the warnings contained in the national outlook for this...
Declarations
Mar 23 2009 // Keeping Homes Afloat “PCI applauds Congress for acting to keep the National Flood Insurance Program in place. Allowing the program to expire would have very negative consequences for policyholders and also for the...
Declarations
Mar 23 2009 // Red River Floods “The magnitude of the expected flooding has not been seen in several years.” The National Weather Service as North Dakotans prepared for spring flooding along the Rd River Basin. Officials in...
National Flood Insurance Program Gets Short-Term Extension
Mar 23 2009 // Congress passed a measure extending the National Flood Insurance Program through Sept. 30, 2009, under the omnibus appropriations bill. The NFIP extension was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on March 6, but Congress passed a...
Katrina Flood Lawsuit Against Army Corps Advances
Mar 23 2009 // A lawsuit blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for flooding from Hurricane Katrina can proceed to trial, a judge ruled Friday in a case seen as a likely last recourse for storm victims seeking compensation from the federal...
More Iowa Flood-Damaged Homes Face Demolition with FEMA OK
Mar 19 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given Cedar Rapids approval to proceed with the demolition of about 300 flood-damaged homes. City utilities director Pat Ball says the agreement with FEMA specifies that homes...
Mississippi’s Olive Branch to Contest FEMA Flood Maps
Mar 19 2009 // Olive Branch, Mississippi officials have agreed to hire a firm to help the city challenge Federal Emergency Management Agency maps that identify a number of homes as being in flood zones. Being inside a flood zone results...
Mississippi Homeowners Urged to Buy Flood Insurance Now
Mar 17 2009 // Mississippi residents cannot afford to ignore the reality that 90 percent of all natural disasters in the nation involve flooding, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. Chaney said that Flood Safety Awareness...
The Paradox of Flood Insurance Coverage
Mar 17 2009 // Whether you are an attorney, an insurance agent, adjuster or broker, or an individual insured, when dealing with claims under flood insurance policies, you may be surprised to discover that many things you think you know...
North Dakota Prepares for Major Spring Floods Along Red River
Mar 16 2009 // Emergency management officials in Fargo and Grand Forks are ordering pumps, topping off levees and planning dikes after forecasters predicted record flooding this spring along the Red River Basin. “The magnitude of...
Flood Damage at Universty of Iowa Triples to $743 Million
Mar 16 2009 // The damage estimate from last summer’s flooding at the University of Iowa has nearly tripled to $743 million. University officials released the new estimate on Friday. It includes all building and content damage and...
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...
