Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Preliminary Iowa Flood Damage Reaches $26 Million
May 25 2007 // Flooding that soaked southwest Iowa earlier this month caused $26 million in damage, according to preliminary assessments released by state officials. The total estimates were included in a request for federal disaster...
Federal Disaster Dollars Available for Parts of S.D. Damaged by Flooding
May 24 2007 // Federal disaster dollars will be available for parts of South Dakota damaged by flooding earlier this month, the White House said earlier this week. The declaration will make federal funds available to supplement state and...
Flooding Causes $5.4 Million in Damages in Kansas County
May 23 2007 // Flooding last week caused more than $5 million in damage to buildings in Shawnee County, Kan., said Mark Hixon, county appraiser. The American Red Cross provided a list of addresses of flood-damaged structures that...
Corps Plans to Close La. Ship Channel Blamed for Katrina Flooding
May 22 2007 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it wants to build a $50 million earthen dam to plug a New Orleans-area ship channel blamed for much of the flooding from Hurricane Katrina. The announcement at a meeting in Chalmette,...
Corps of Engineers, Mo. Property Owners Assess Levee Damage
May 22 2007 // As floodwaters recede along the Missouri River bottoms, some areas remain at risk because their levees are broken. “The flood is not over for me if there’s still a hole in the levee,” said Tom Waters of...
Flood to Head New Ironshore Professional Liability Unit
May 22 2007 // Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. is entering the Professional Liability sector with the launch of IronPro, headed by Greg Flood as President. IronPro, based in New York, will initially focus on Directors & Officers...
Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coast
May 21 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest. And...
Claims against insurance agents and brokers: Timing is everything
May 21 2007 // Flood policies at heart of many cases against Gulf Coast producers In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found...
Flood remapping affects Tenn. home values, insurance
May 21 2007 // Tennessee counties are in the process of a five-year plan to update old flood maps, but some homeowners are concerned the new versions could lead to lowered home values and the need for additional insurance. Shannon...
News Currents
May 21 2007 // Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coast Inmates from the Georgia Department of Corrections use Class A foam and rakes Tuesday, May 1, 2007 to extinguish the remains of a fire in Waycross, Ga. As part of a...
News Currents
May 21 2007 // Flood remapping affects Tenn. home values, insurance Tennessee counties are in the process of a five-year plan to update old flood maps, but some homeowners are concerned the new versions could lead to lowered home values...
Claims against insurance agents and brokers: Timing is everything
May 21 2007 // In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found themselves being sued for allegedly failing to advise their customers...
W. Va. Extends State of Emergency Due to April Floods
May 18 2007 // Gov. Joe Manchin extended the state of emergency he declared April 15 in response to flooding, landslides, mudslides, heavy rain and high winds that affected 18 West Virginia counties between April 14 and April 18. The 18...
Study: 1927 Mississippi Flood Would Cost Up To $160 Billion
May 18 2007 // A repeat of the 1927 Great Mississippi Flood, the largest flood disaster in U.S. history, could cost up to $160 billion in economic damages if it were to recur today, according to Risk Management Solutions, a Newark,...
ABI Supports Flood Grant Plan, But More is Needed
May 17 2007 // The Association of British Insurers praised a recently announced UK government initiative to provide a £500,000 ($988,000) funding package to help make flood vulnerable homes more resilient against flooding. Jane Milne,...
Lemac Offers Catastrophe Coverage
May 17 2007 // Los Angeles-based Lemac & Associates has added new markets for catastrophe insurance on major damage earthquake, wind, flood and terrorism risk exposures. Select “A” rated markets for catastrophe insurance...
Banks Of China’s Yangtze River at Risk of ‘Disastrous Collapse’
May 15 2007 // The banks of China’s massive Yangtze River, a lifeline for tens of millions of people, are at risk of collapse, a state-run newspaper reported Monday. The China Daily said a recent inspection showed that banks on...
Mo. Levees Key to Preventing More Flooding, National Guard Mobilized
May 11 2007 // Floodwaters continued to rise across northwest and central Missouri, inundating small towns like Bigelow and shutting down businesses from Chillicothe to Platte County. The National Weather Service said it expected parts...
Spring Wildfires, Floods Wreak Havoc from Coast to Coast
May 11 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest. And...
New Flood Plain Lines Affect Tenn. Home Values, Insurance
May 10 2007 // Tennessee counties are in the process of a five-year plan to update old flood maps, but some homeowners are concerned the new versions could lead to lowered home values and the need for additional insurance. Shannon...
