Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Governor Declares Disasters in 26 Counties Due to Floods
Mar 24 2008 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has declared 26 counties disaster areas due to the damage from this week’s heavy rains and floods. Beebe’s office said last week that more counties are likely to be added to the list,...
Feds Propose Changes to Flood Insurance Q&A for Lenders
Mar 21 2008 // The federal bank, thrift, credit union, and Farm Credit System regulatory agencies today requested public comment on new and revised interagency questions and answers for lenders regarding flood insurance. The Interagency...
Google to Make Hurricane Flood Threat Data Available to Public
Mar 20 2008 // Americans in the hurricane danger zone may soon be able to use Google to find out if their own home is threatened by a dangerous storm surge, the director of the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday. Storm surge, the...
New York Regulators Urge Homeowners to Buy Flood Insurance
Mar 19 2008 // The Insurance Department of New York is telling property owners they “should act now” to buy flood insurance, as saturated ground conditions could worsen with heavy spring rains and increase the potential for...
Vermont Officials Worry about Flooding
Mar 18 2008 // Vermont officials are hoping against a quick warm-up for fear that fast melting of Vermont’s deep snow pack could trigger flooding. One potential trouble spot is the Deerfield River in Wilmington, where the town has...
2007 Cat Losses Top $70 Billion Swiss Re <em>sigma</em> Study Finds
Mar 12 2008 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study – “Natural Catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2007” – examines catastrophe-related economic losses from natural and man-made disasters last year, which...
Corps: Working Pumps will Enhance Flood Protection in New Orleans
Mar 12 2008 // The threat of a hurricane again flooding New Orleans, which will be greatly reduced when levee improvements are completed, will be further reduced if the pumping system is operational, the Army Corps of Engineers...
Wisconsin Official Suggests Flood Insurance Necessary as Spring Arrives
Mar 11 2008 // Wisconsin residents whose communities received heavy snowfall this winter should consider buying a flood-insurance policy before the spring thaw arrives, a state insurance official said. “With spring on the way there...
UK Floods Not from Climate Change
Mar 11 2008 // A new study released by the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) has concluded that the heavy rainfall, which caused extensive flooding in England and Wales last summer, cannot be linked to global climate...
N.Y. Offers Towns Flood Prevention Money
Mar 10 2008 // Nine floods in four years is too much for New York officials, who have pledged $650,000 to help local governments battle future floods. The program, announced during a Flood Summit in Binghamton last month, includes...
Policyholders Need to be Educated on Importance of Flood Insurance
Mar 10 2008 // Eroding levees, flood map changes, lack of buyers highlight need for public outreach Levees can also erode and decay over time and require regular maintenance and upkeep to continue to offer the level of protection they...
La. Judge Won’t Remove Broussard, Jeff Parish from Flood Lawsuit
Mar 7 2008 // A state judge in Louisiana has refused to remove Jefferson Parish and its president from a lawsuit filed by parish residents over flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina. At issue in the lawsuit is the decision to...
W. Va. Emergency Officials Watch Rivers, Some Residents Evacuated
Mar 6 2008 // Emergency officials are keeping an eye on the Greenbrier and Ohio rivers after heavy rains moved across West Virginia. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Greenbrier River at Alderson from Wednesday...
New Yorkers To Get Flood Notices Every Year
Mar 6 2008 // New York lawmakers have decided once is not enough — at least when it comes to telling homeowners that floods will not be covered by a standard homeowners policy. Under legislation signed this week by Gov. Eliot...
Connecticut River Communities Warned About Potential Spring Floods
Mar 5 2008 // Communities along the Connecticut River are being told to prepare for the possibility of flooding over the next few weeks. The heavy snowfall in northern New England this winter, combined with one of the wettest months of...
Research Group: Critical Flood Risk Study for New Orleans Overdue, Plagued by Errors
Mar 3 2008 // The Army Corps of Engineers is taking much too long to complete a study that could let victims of Hurricane Katrina know their risk of facing another devastating flood, an independent research group said. The National...
N.Y. State to Fund Local Flood Mitigation Projects
Feb 29 2008 // New York state is providing local governments with $650,000 for flood mitigation projects. Michael Balboni, the Spitzer administration’s deputy secretary for public safety, made the announcement Tuesday morning at...
Miss. Homeowners in Flood Zone May Qualify for Katrina Home Help
Feb 28 2008 // Mississippi officials said Tuesday that homeowners with elevated structures who lived inside the federally designated flood zone when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 may still qualify for housing assistance. Jon Mabry,...
Wash. House OKs Flood Aid
Feb 28 2008 // Washington’s House has unanimously approved millions in flood-prevention projects in the Chehalis River basin. The measure appropriates $50 million for the state and local share of a major flood project, including...
Calif. Landowner Says Sediment in Delta Channels Increases Flood Risk
Feb 28 2008 // A Delta farmer and levee authorities in San Joaquin County, Calif. are suing the state, claiming California water managers are increasing flood risks by allowing sediment to collect in the Sacramento-San Joaquin...
