Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Midwest Flood Losses Sink In as Mississippi River Water Levels Recede
Jun 30 2008 // Farmhouses appear to float on lakes, and farmers use boats to get to their barns. Businesses are shuttered as flooded roadways cut off customers. Rail lines, factories, river locks are shut down. Homeowners, who watched...
Flood Insurance, Public Aid Leave Gaps for Midwest Disaster Victims Looking to Rebuild
Jun 27 2008 // With federal aid limited and most homes damaged or destroyed by Midwest flooding lacking the proper insurance, states along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers will soon have to help homeowners recover, according to the...
Nationwide Insurance Pushes to Include Flood Coverage in Home Policies
Jun 27 2008 // One of the nation’s largest insurance companies is lobbying Congress for permission to sell policies that cover damage from both wind and flood water, a plan billed as a way for insurers and homeowners to avoid...
Midwest Flooding Not Over as Missouri Levee Breaks
Jun 27 2008 // A levee near Winfield, Missouri, that was holding back the flood waters of the Mississippi River broke early Friday morning, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The levee broke at its south end at 5:20 a.m. CDT (1020...
Hydrologist: No Flood Danger for Lower Mississippi
Jun 27 2008 // While the Midwest continues its struggles with Mississippi River flooding and its aftermath, residents to the south along the Lower Mississippi have little to fear from the high water. The Lower Mississippi, which begins...
Wisconsin Re-evaluates Current Flood Standards
Jun 26 2008 // Wisconsin officials are re-evaluating whether infrastructure is being built and maintained to strict enough standards to handle severe weather. Engineering professor Ken Potter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison says...
RMS Says One in Four UK Homes at Risk from Floods
Jun 25 2008 // According to Risk Management Solutions as many as one in four homes in the UK is at risk of flooding caused by excessive rainfall and overflowing rivers. RMS conducted a “spatial analysis of British properties...
Feds Extend Reporting Time for Crop Insurance in Flood Areas
Jun 25 2008 // Federal crop insurance officials say they will allow additional time, until Aug 15, 2008, for submitting acreage reports for all 2008 crop year spring-seeded acreage in areas impacted by flooding and extreme weather...
Insurance Services Office: Iowa’s Storm Damage Reaches $235 Million
Jun 25 2008 // The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently released estimated damages for Iowa since it was hit in May by devasting tornadoes and widespread flooding. ISO estimates that tornadoes and floods that have struck Iowa since...
ACE Comments on Impact of Midwest Floods on Crop Insurance Results
Jun 24 2008 // Bermuda-based ACE Limited has announced that, based on current estimates, the impact of the recent floods in the Midwestern U.S. “will have a negligible impact on both second quarter and full-year earnings per share...
Davenport Estimates Flood Damage at Nearly $4.5 Million
Jun 24 2008 // Davenport, Iowa city officials estimate that they will be forced to spend nearly $4.5 million on flood damages, clean up and future protection efforts. The Mississippi River is still swollen at the eastern Iowa city and...
Floods Could Cost Indiana Farmers Nearly $800 Million in Crop Damage
Jun 23 2008 // Indiana’s agriculture director says June’s flooding likely caused the worst agriculture disaster in state history, damaging nearly a tenth of corn and soybean crops and costing farmers upward of $800...
80 Dead in Philippine Typhoon; Over 700 Missing from Stricken Ferry
Jun 23 2008 // Worried relatives wept Sunday as they awaited news of more than 740 passengers and crew aboard a ferry that capsized as Typhoon Fengshen swamped the Philippines, killing more than 80 people and submerging entire...
Levees Hold Back Cresting Mississippi River; Aid Requests Mount
Jun 23 2008 // Walls and levees held back the cresting Mississippi River Sunday as requests for government aid poured in from homeowners and businesses swamped by the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years. Across from St. Louis, where the...
Iowa Bridge Inspectors Look for Damage as Flood Waters Recede
Jun 23 2008 // The floodwaters that have surged across much of Iowa this month have inspectors looking for damage to the state’s already troubled bridge network. The flooding concerns come after a study earlier this year ranked...
Crop Insurance Industry Pledges Aid and Support to Midwest Farmers
Jun 20 2008 // Flooding across the Midwest has devastated communities across several states. Among those hardest hit are farmers, who have lost homes, livestock and thousands of acres of farmland, said the president of the National Crop...
Iowa Agents in Flooded Areas Meet the Challenges
Jun 20 2008 // Midwest agents with offices located in flooded areas are facing the challenge of “staying afloat,” so to speak, during the devastation of what some have called the 500 year flood event. One Iowa agency,...
FEMA Rescinds New Flood Maps for D.C.
Jun 19 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rescinded maps declaring a large swath of downtown Washington and the National Mall a flood zone after city officials pledged to have a stronger levee system in place by late...
Iowa Governor Says Special Legislative Flood Session Very LIkely
Jun 19 2008 // Iowa lawmakers are making arrangements for a near-certain special session to address flooding damage across the state, and some say an increase in the state’s gas tax may be on the table. Senate Majority Leader...
West Virginia Highway Officials: Flood Repairs to Cost at Least $4.5M
Jun 19 2008 // The West Virginia Division of Highways says it will cost at least $4.5 million to repair highways damaged by flooding earlier this month. DOH spokeswoman Karen Zamow says the estimate covers damage in 13 counties in...
