Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Investigation: Ike’s Toll on Environment a Heavy One
Oct 7 2008 // Hurricane Ike’s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil...
Iowa Town to Give $1 Million in State Flood Aid Directly to Homeowners
Oct 6 2008 // Waterloo, Iowa got its flood money. Now, the city has to figure out what to do with it. The city council voted on October 2 to approve more than $1 million in aid from state agencies. Mayor Tim Hurley says now he and his...
Congress Extends National Flood Insurance Plan Until Next March
Oct 6 2008 // The U.S. Senate approved legislation to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until March 6, 2009. The measure was also passed earlier by the House of Representatives and must still be signed by President George W....
Des Moines Accepts $800,000 in Flood Aid; City Seeking $1.2 Million
Oct 2 2008 // Iowa’s capital city could see about $800,000 in state flood aid this month, and the city’s mayor wants it to go toward energy-efficient building. The Des Moines City Council on on September 30th signed off on...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Answers Policyholder FAQs
Oct 1 2008 // In an attempt to clear-up some of the confusion regarding claim filing and what is covered by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the group has issued answers to the following frequently asked questions: Question:...
Ike Pummels Louisiana-based Restaurants
Sep 30 2008 // Three years after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans’ restaurant industry to its knees, Hurricane Ike has delivered a crippling blow to three New Orleans area restaurant families. Middendorf’s, the legendary...
Thousands in St. Louis Area Still Recovering from September Flood
Sep 30 2008 // Thousands of people in the St. Louis area are still coping with the destruction and inconveniences left behind after the area was hit by flash flooding on Sept. 14. Hundreds of homes have been condemned pending repairs and...
Congress Extends National Flood Insurance Plan Until Next March
Sep 29 2008 // In addition to working overtime on the Wall Street bailout over the weekend, the Senate also approved legislation to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until March 6, 2009. The measure was passed earlier last week...
Dozens of Mississippi Cottages Condemned after Gustav
Sep 29 2008 // In Mississippi, Donnell Landtroop’s state-supplied cottage has mold on the walls and dried mud on the floor — the foul remnants of Hurricane Gustav, the second hurricane in three years to leave her family...
Flood Waters Still HIgh In Some Illinois Counties Declared Disaster Areas
Sep 25 2008 // Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has declared three more Illinois counties state disaster areas after severe flooding from September 13 and 14 as the aftermath Hurricane Ike hit the Midwest. The governor’s office...
Wis. Officials: Snow Storm Communications Helped in Flood Response
Sep 23 2008 // Wisconsin emergency management officials say a lack of communication during the 2008, February snow storm backup taught them how to better respond to this spring’s floods. The state Homeland Security Council issued a...
Northern Oklahoma Assesses Damage from TD Lowell
Sep 22 2008 // Almost forgotten in the drama of Hurricane Ike playing out on the Gulf Coast was the damage wrought in Oklahoma by the remnants of Tropical Depression Lowell. Severe flooding was reported after heavy rains inundated...
Indian Tribe Helps Indiana County Install Flood Sirens
Sep 22 2008 // Carroll County, Ind., obtained a grant to install flood warning sirens along the Tippecanoe River, with the help of an American Indian tribe that applied to the federal government for the grant. County Emergency Management...
Hurricane and Political Seasons Stir Up National Cat Plan Proposals
Sep 22 2008 // As Losses Mount for Insurers, More Proposals for a National Solution Emerge Neither Gustav nor Ike walloped the property/casualty insurance industry the way Katrina did but there is still concern in insurance and...
Hurricane Ike: We’re All Connected
Sep 22 2008 // When it was all over, six people were dead, expressways remained flooded in every direction, 1,000 people were evacuated, schools closed and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagoevich had declared seven counties in Illinois as emergency...
Rhode Island Marks 70th Anniversary of Its Most Destructive Storm
Sep 21 2008 // Downtown Providence was flooded and neighborhoods were destroyed. A group of school children who drowned after their bus was swept off the road were among the hundreds killed. It’s been 70 years since a catastrophic...
North Carolina County to Buy Flood-damaged Homes
Sep 19 2008 // Mecklenburg County, N.C. could spend more than $4 million to buy as many as 50 homes that suffered serious flood damage after Tropical Storm Fay and other storms. The Charlotte Observer reported Sept. 17 the voluntary...
House Bill Would Extend Flood Insurance Program 7 Months
Sep 19 2008 // The troubled U.S. flood insurance program would be temporarily extended for seven months under legislation introduced in Congress Thursday, buying time for lawmakers to work out deep disagreements over reforming the...
Storm Surge Not Covered in Texas Windstorm Association Policies
Sep 19 2008 // A Texas consumer group took issue with the state-chartered windstorm insurance association over its refusal to pay coastal residents for storm surge damage in Hurricane Ike. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association says...
Why Flood Policy Should Not Include Wind Coverage
Sep 19 2008 // Reuters reports that Representative Barney Frank (D – Mass.) has introduced a bill to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) seven months beyond the scheduled September 30, 2008, expiration date to allow...
