Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report Warns of More Frequent Coastal Flooding and Rising Sea Levels
Aug 15 2006 // The California Climate Action Team has released a summary report of 17 scientific studies examining the potential impacts of climate change on California. Heat-trapping gases threaten to cause more frequent coastal floods,...
Judge Rules in Favor of Insurer in Miss. Wind vs. Water Case
Aug 15 2006 // In a highly anticipated ruling in one of the first wind vs. water insurance claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina, a Mississippi judge has upheld the exclusion for damage caused by water and water-borne materials in an...
Another Katrina Suit Filed Against State Farm by Mississippi Insured
Aug 14 2006 // Judy Dutruch has long questioned why her insurance company refused to send an engineer to investigate Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of her Diamondhead home on Aug. 29, 2005, before denying her claim. Batesville...
Powerful Typhoon Kills 83 in China
Aug 11 2006 // The most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades raged across its southeastern coast Thursday, claiming at least 83 lives as it capsized ships, destroyed buildings and forced 1.5 million people from their...
Excess flood insurance — when the federal plan isn’t sufficient
Aug 7 2006 // The lessons learned from Katrina and Rita and predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms highlight more than ever the importance of flood insurance, even in locations where it was previously thought...
Fla., Miss., S.C. top five in flood insurance growth
Aug 7 2006 // Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina now rank as three of the top five states in the nation in flood insurance policy growth according to data released by the National Flood Insurance Program and FloodSmart. In order,...
WHEN FEMA CHANGES RULES MID-STREAM, WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT?
Aug 7 2006 // FEMA recently issued new flood maps that require people in many parts of New Orleans to elevate their houses, according to Jeff Albright, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Come hell or high water
Aug 7 2006 // After experiencing heavy rains last December and in early January that caused flooding and landslides, it’s a foregone conclusion that Californians will face another flood in their lifetimes. Whether it will be as...
U.S. Corps finds some Sacramento levees not up to standard
Aug 7 2006 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its endorsement of levees protecting parts of Sacramento, reversing a 1998 evaluation that has facilitated a construction boom in the Natomas area. In a letter released to The...
News Currents
Aug 7 2006 // U.S. Corps finds some Sacramento levees not up The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its endorsement of levees protecting parts of Sacramento, reversing a 1998 evaluation that has facilitated a construction boom...
Come hell or high water
Aug 7 2006 // After experiencing heavy rains last December and in early January that caused flooding and landslides, it’s a foregone conclusion that Californians will face another flood in their lifetimes. Whether it will be as...
Texas AG Warns West Texans About Scams After Flooding
Aug 3 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned El Pasoans and other West Texas communities to be wary of fly-by-night contractors and other scam artists who might try to take advantage of homeowners and other consumers during...
FEMA to Begin Assessing Ohio’s Lake County Flood Damage
Aug 1 2006 // Federal officials who plan to assess flood damage in northeast Ohio and residents still needing to clean up will have to work in searing heat. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Monday and Tuesday in...
N.J. Statehouse Flooding Has Cost in Excess of $2 Million
Aug 1 2006 // Flood damage at the New jersey Statehouse parking garage that was built in a Delaware River flood plain has cost the state about $2 million since September 2004, according to state officials. The 1,100-space garage in...
Federal Grants for N.H. Flooding Top $8 Million
Aug 1 2006 // The federal government has provided New Hampshire with more than $8.2 million in relief grants for May’s floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported providing the most grants, $780,059, to Salem...
Va. Officials to Review Bridge Project’s Role in Flooding
Jul 27 2006 // The Virginia Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced plans to investigate whether the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project contributed to flooding last month that seriously damaged about 150 homes in Fairfax...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt, president of James...
Flooding in Pennsylvania destroys 518 homes
Jul 24 2006 // The floodwaters that inundated parts of Pennsylvania last month destroyed at least 518 homes and affected another 7,100 homes and businesses, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The preliminary...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Witt pointed out that as he looks across Florida, the Gulf coast states and America, he has recently seen more devastating events than have ever been witnessed in the history of the nation. He said that in today’s...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt,...
