Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
