Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hawaii Declared as Disaster Zone
May 5 2006 // President Bush cleared Hawaii for millions of dollars in disaster relief from damages caused by flooding and heavy rains. Bush signed an emergency disaster declaration Tuesday that qualifies residents on Kauai and Oahu for...
Flood Insurance Class Slated May 17 by Dade County, Fla. Big ‘I’
May 3 2006 // “The Reality of Flood Insurance,” a three-hour continuing education course, will be presented by Shawn Tinsley during a three-hour continuing education curse sponsored on May 17 by the Independent Insurance...
Judges Step Aside From Jefferson Parish, La., Flood Suits
May 3 2006 // All 16 state district judges in Jefferson Parish, La., have disqualified themselves from hearing class-action lawsuits filed by property owners who blame parish government for post-Hurricane Katrina flooding that damaged...
Chesapeake Bay Warning: Storm Surges Could Top Isabel’s in 2003
May 2 2006 // New computer simulations by government scientists show that hurricane storm surges in the Chesapeake Bay could get dramatically worse than the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003. Under some conditions, the...
La. Commissioner Launches Storm Awareness Tour in Lake Charles
May 1 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon will kick off a statewide storm awareness tour in Lake Charles on May 2. His visit will include a trip to areas hit hard by...
Dale Urges Miss. Coast Residents: Buy Flood Insurance
Apr 28 2006 // As another hurricane season fast approaches, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale is encouraging Mississippi Gulf Coast residents to buy flood insurance with a simple message, it’s a bargain considering the...
La. Recovery Authority Sheds Income Limits in Housing Plan
Apr 28 2006 // Lawmakers in Louisiana next week are expected to vote on Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s $7.5 billion housing plans, after several provisions were altered to make the post-hurricane rebuilding and buyout program more...
N.D. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in 2000 Flood Damage Dispute
Apr 27 2006 // The North Dakota state Supreme Court is considering whether the city of Fargo should pay North Dakota State University $3 million for damage to campus buildings and equipment caused by heavy rain in 2000. The city is...
Revised La. Lawsuit Cites ‘Incompetence’ of Federal Government, U.S. Corps of Engineers
Apr 20 2006 // Plaintiffs seeking more than $1 billion in damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are calling the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet a “Hurricane Highway” that allowed a 20-foot storm surge to inundate much...
Insurer Group Calls Miss. AG’s Comments ‘Hysterical, Irresponsible’
Apr 18 2006 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s recent comments comparing the insurance industry to Nazis are “hysterical and irresponsible,” claims an insurance trade group leader. “Now that Hood’s...
Danube Floods SE Europe
Apr 17 2006 // The river Danube, which wends its way through much of Central and Southeastern Europe, has reached its highest level since 1895 in many places. Flooding in Serbia/Montenegro, Bulgaria and Romania has inundated towns,...
Dade County Agents Sponsoring Flood Insurance Course
Apr 17 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Dade County will sponsor a three-hour continuing education course on “The Reality of Flood Insurance,” May 17 at the Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel in Miami. Instructor Shawn...
Judge rejects Allstate request to dismiss hurricane lawsuit
Apr 17 2006 // The company (Allstate) “is pleased that the judge ruled, ‘The exclusions found in the policy for water damage and for damages attributable to flooding are valid and enforceable policy provisions,'”...
Editor’s Note: Mississippi in perspective
Apr 17 2006 // The insurance industry will be faced with irate policyholders and on-going court costs-the insurance companies involved, however, have deep pockets and aren’t about to back down without a fight. After the federal...
Editor’s Note: Wind vs. water saga continues
Apr 17 2006 // It would seem prudent for homeowners along the nation’s hurricane-prone coasts to buy as much wind and flood insurance as they need before this year’s hurricane season starts. A federal judge in Gulfport,...
Closer Look: Insurance Associations
Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47. As people migrate to the...
Hawaii lawmakers propose tax credits for recent rain and flood victims
Apr 17 2006 // A proposed tax credit aimed at helping Oahu flood victims was expanded by Senate lawmakers to cover families and businesses throughout the islands who suffered damages during the recent heavy rains. The credit would equal...
FEMA Provides Flood Recovery, Rebuilding Guidance for La.
Apr 13 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it has released flood recovery guidance documents for Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard parishes as well as portions of Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes in...
Federal Judge in Mississippi ‘Storm Surge’ Case Upholds Home Insurance Flood Exclusion
Apr 13 2006 // A federal judge in Mississippi has upheld the water damage exclusion in homeowners insurance policies in a ruling welcomed by insurers. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. of the Southern District of Mississippi denied a...
Red Cross Honors N.H. Flood Heroes
Apr 10 2006 // In torrential rain, they pulled residents to safety through raging waters, pounded on doors to move people out of harm’s way and cleared people off a bridge seconds before it was hit by a wall of water. Now...
