Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri Workers Honored for Saving Illinois Men During Flood
Sep 18 2008 // Two Missouri Department of Transportation workers are being honored for their efforts to save two Illinoisans during a flash flood. Keith Golian and Thomas Ragland recently received the department’s Meritorious...
Hurricane Ike to Cost Insurers $7B to $12B, RMS Says in Revised Tally
Sep 18 2008 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the catastrophe risk modeling firm, has refined its estimate for U.S. onshore and offshore insured losses from Hurricane Ike to $7 to $12 billion from its original estimate of $6 to $16...
Torrential Rains Hit Missouri Causing Flash Floods
Sep 16 2008 // The remnants of Hurricane Ike brought heavy winds and torrential rains to Missouri on September 15, causing flash floods and raising new concerns about swelling rivers, including parts of the Mississippi and the...
Most of Louisiana’s Coast Flooded by Ike
Sep 16 2008 // Northerly winds began blowing into southern Louisiana on Monday, a change that officials hoped would help clear lingering floodwaters pushed in by Hurricane Ike. Tim Destri, a National Weather Service meteorologist said...
Death Toll Rises to 6 in Midwest; 7 Counties Declared Emergency Areas
Sep 16 2008 // Though some flood waters are receding and some residents in the Chicago area able to go home to begin the clean-up, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday, Sept.16, that six people had died in flood...
Ike’s Wrath Hits Midwest; 1,000 Homeowners Evacuated, Roads Closed
Sep 15 2008 // Midwest residents felt the wrath of Hurricane Ike this weekend as rains made their way up the corridor of the country pelting Illinois and Indiana spurring the Illinois governor to call for a state of emergency for Cook...
Nearly 2,000 Brought to Safety in Texas
Sep 15 2008 // Rescuers searching the waterlogged streets and splintered houses left behind by Hurricane Ike in Galveston they had saved nearly 2,000 people – many of whom then boarded buses to shelters without knowing where they...
Feds give West Virginia $250K to Study Disaster Plans
Sep 12 2008 // West Virginia will begin studying ways to recover economically from natural disasters, particularly in parts of the state perpetually hit hard by flooding. The federal Economic Development Administration announced Sept. 8...
Hurricane Ike Idles Texas Oil Industry, Threatens Floods
Sep 12 2008 // Powerful Hurricane Ike bore down on the heart of the U.S. energy sector in Texas Friday, leaving most production idled and threatening a fifth of the nation’s refining capacity with howling winds and a possible...
Broker Analyzes Flood Threats to UK Businesses
Sep 11 2008 // UK broker Alliance Corporate Risk Management is concerned that “with flooding having caused yet more devastation across the UK, …businesses are still not learning the lessons of previous flood...
Lloyd’s, RMS Coastal Flood Study Urges Adapting to Changing Conditions
Sep 10 2008 // A new report published by Lloyd’s, as part of its “360 project,” and Risk Management Solutions (RMS), warns that “without adaptation, insurance losses from coastal flooding for high-risk properties...
North Dakota Awarded $5 Million Construction Contract for Flood Project
Sep 10 2008 // The Army Corps of Engineer says it has awarded a $5 million construction contract for a Fargo, North Dakota flood project. The corps says the contract is going to Rising Sun Construction, Inc., of Fargo for a project in...
Indiana Officials Urge Hoosiers to Develop a Disaster Plan
Sep 9 2008 // Three months after devastating floods swept parts of the state, emergency officials urged Indiana residents on Friday, September 6 to take a lesson from that disaster and prepare now for the next natural or manmade...
Hanna Brings Flooding, Flight Delays to New York City
Sep 8 2008 // Tropical Storm Hanna dropped a month’s worth of rain within hours Saturday, flooding highways, delaying flights and halting the U.S. Open Tennis tournament. But officials reported no major damage. The storm dropped...
In New Jersey, Hanna Causes Flooding, Power Outages
Sep 8 2008 // Tropical Storm Hanna brought heavy rains and high winds to New Jersey on Saturday, but no major weather-related problems were reported as the fast-moving storm made its way along the coast Saturday night. Forecasters said...
Iowa Governor Threatens Special Session Unless $85 Million Released
Sep 8 2008 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver on on September 5 demanded that federal officials release $85 million in disaster assistance within the next 10 days, or he’ll summon the Legislature back into a special session to find money to...
Army Corp of Engineers Wins Flood Fight During Hurricane Gustav
Sep 8 2008 // No breaches. Limited brash talk. No “no word” from the Army Corps of Engineers. Few foul ups. Clear risk analysis. And the flood fight got done during Hurricane Gustav. Under a microscope since the catastrophic...
Hurricane Ike Threatens Bahamas; Hanna Death Toll Grows
Sep 5 2008 // Powerful Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it moved across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the U.S. on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Hanna’s death toll from floods in Haiti grew to 136. Campgrounds were closed...
Hurricane Ike Strengthens Rapidly; Hanna Expected to Hit U.S. Saturday
Sep 4 2008 // Hurricane Ike strengthened rapidly into a fiercely dangerous Category 4 hurricane in the open Atlantic Wednesday and Tropical Storm Hanna intensified to a lesser degree as it swirled over the Bahamas toward the southeast...
Indiana County to Install Flood Warning Sirens with Help from Indian Tribe
Sep 4 2008 // Carroll County, Indiana has obtained a grant to install flood warning sirens along the Tippecanoe River, thanks to the help of an American Indian tribe that applied to the federal government for the grant. County Emergency...
