Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Federal Aid Available for N.J. Flood Victims
May 10 2007 // Federal officials have approved nearly $7.6 million in aid to victims of last month’s nor’easter in 12 New Jersey counties. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has registered more than 9,300...
Insurers Encourage Texas Consumers to Consider Flood Insurance
May 8 2007 // Recent severe weather in Texas has prompted the Southwestern Insurance Information Service, an insurance trade group, to remind consumers that damage to their homes resulting from flooding is not covered by the standard...
Federal Disaster Declaration Approved for W. Va. Flooding
May 8 2007 // Gov. Joe Manchin’s request for a federal disaster declaration in seven West Virginia counties was approved by President Bush. The emergency assistance is the result of damage from severe storms, flooding, landslides...
NEIGHBORS SEEK TO DRAIN N.Y. CITY’S WATER RESEVOIRS TO STEM FUTURE FLOODING
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
News Currents
May 7 2007 // Freeing streams of debris could stem flooding in W. Va., other states When streams and rivers throughout West Virginia surged over their banks last week, causing millions of dollars of damage, Garrett Fork in Logan County...
Climate Change: The potential insurance costs and what’s being done
May 7 2007 // Estimating the potential costs of future weather related events, linked to climate change, is, at best, an inexact science; there are just too many variables. Nonetheless, a picture is emerging that, whatever happens, the...
Neighbors seek to drain N.Y. City’s waterreservoirs to stem future flooding
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
Fortified building standards: Gulf Coast market salvation?
May 7 2007 // Concrete houses sprouting up in southern Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region are more than just fortified structures that will protect their owners from up to 250 mph winds and 36 foot storm surges...
Ark. river levees need $4M in repairs, FEMA says
May 7 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
Weather Report
May 7 2007 // Estimating the potential costs of future weather related events, linked to climate change, is, at best, an inexact science; there are just too many variables. Nonetheless, a picture is emerging that, whatever happens, the...
Mount Rainier Set to Open, but Work Remains on Flood Damage
May 2 2007 // The numbers loom like the mountain at the center of this storm-ravaged park. Nearly 18 inches of rain fell in just 36 hours last fall. The deluge left an estimated $36 million in damage, fractured miles of roads and trails...
Ark. River Levees Need $4M in Repairs Under New Guidelines
May 1 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
The Flood Insurance Agency Forms Agreement with BancInsure
May 1 2007 // The Flood Insurance Agency, Kalispell, Mont., has entered into an agreement with BancInsure Inc. wherein BancInsure will market TFIA’s total flood insurance compliance solution to new and existing bank clients. TFIA...
Commissioner Urges Floridians to Buy Flood Insurance
Apr 30 2007 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty urged Floridians to purchase flood insurance to protect their homes. McCarty’s warning comes in anticipation of the 2007 hurricane season which officially begins June 1....
U.S. Disaster Funds Approved for Flooded N.H. Counties
Apr 29 2007 // President Bush has approved New Hampshire’s request for a major disaster to be declared in the state as a result of recent flooding, heavy rain and wind. New Hampshire Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu made the...
N.Y., Northeast Small Businesses Face Need for Disaster Insurance
Apr 27 2007 // Many small business owners in New York and the Northeast are still trying to recover from floods caused by as much as eight inches of rain earlier this month. Those who had flood insurance can recoup some of their losses,...
Citing $36 Million in Flood Damage, N.H. Seeks U.S. Disaster Aid
Apr 24 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said flooding and high tides caused more than $36 million in damage last week, and he has asked the federal government to declare the entire state a disaster area so it will qualify for...
Freeing Streams of Debris Might Help Control Flooding in Future
Apr 24 2007 // When streams and rivers throughout West Virginia surged over their banks last week, causing millions of dollars of damage, Garrett Fork in Logan County was virtually alone in not flooding. That’s no anomaly: county...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Maryland agents get notice relief Maryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance. The Senate and House of...
McCarran-Ferguson emerges as No. 1 threat to independent agents
Apr 23 2007 // As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative...
