Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
$160 Million West Virginia Flood Control Project Nears Approval
Feb 24 2009 // A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official says a proposed $160 million flood-control project along the Greenbrier River in West Virginia’s Pocahontas County could be approved soon. Talk of the project started more than...
Insurance Industry Advises Small Businesses Not to Skimp on Coverage
Feb 23 2009 // Insurance coverage is an expense that many small business owners might be tempted to cut back on or even forgo as they try to cut costs during the recession. They’re making a bet that they won’t need the...
Insureds Must Know What’s In Their Flood Policies
Feb 22 2009 // In this litigious day and age, lawsuits alleging breach of the insurance policies, bad faith, unfair claims handling, unfair settlement practices or negligence by an insurance agent are so common that they are not...
USC Geographers Create U.S. ‘Death Map’ of Natural Event Fatalities
Feb 22 2009 // Hazard mortality is most prominent in the South, where most people are killed by severe weather, such as tornadoes. University of South Carolina geographers have produced a map of natural-hazard mortality that gives a...
