Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 30 – June 3 Hurricane Awareness Week in Miss.
May 31 2005 // May 30 through June 3 has been dedicated as Hurricane Awareness Week in Mississippi by the Mississippi Emergency Management Association. High wind speeds, tidal surge and tornadoes associated with hurricanes always grab...
Feds Chip in $2.7 Million in Wake of Hawaii Flooding
May 27 2005 // The federal government is giving $2.7 million to help the University of Hawaii recover from October’s flooding in Manoa Valley. The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover the deductible portion...
AIA Strongly Disagrees With Florida Circuit Court Ruling
May 27 2005 // The American Insurance Association strongly disagrees with yesterday’s Florida Circuit Court ruling confirming the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2004 decision in Mierzwa v. Florida Windstorm Underwriting...
Court Ruling Requires Citizens Wind Policies to Pay for Flooding
May 26 2005 // Circuit Court Judge Kevin Davey has ruled in a class-action lawsuit in Tallahassee, Fla. that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, must pay the full amount of damage homes were insured...
Citizens Making Improvements; Advises, Prepare Now for Hurricanes
May 24 2005 // With the start of hurricane season, June 1, just days away, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is advising policyholders to make preparations now, before a possible storm. The state’s insurer of last resort is...
Allstate, SIIS and Others Launch Flood Safety Campaign
May 23 2005 // Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, public and private sector partners, including the Allstate Foundation and Southwestern Insurance Information Service, are joining forces to expand flood safety awareness in Texas...
Fire Season Arrives – Are Flash Floods Next?
May 23 2005 // The Pacific Northwest is coming out of one of its driest winters on record, and emergency responders are bracing for an early and possibly severe wildfire season. But even in the midst of a drought, spring rains and...
Pa. Agency Sued Over Alleged Failure to Suggest Flood Insurance for Beverage Company
May 23 2005 // An insurance agency failed to tell a beverage company its warehouse sat in a 100-year flood plain, causing the company to suffer $8.4 million in flood damage, a lawsuit claims. Latrobe-based LeNature’s Inc. recently...
Gov. Bush Pledges to Sign SB1486; Insurers Uneasy About Its Provisions
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
Gov. Bush Pledges to Sign SB1486; Insurers Uneasy About Its Provisions
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
Fire Season Arrives – Are Flash Floods Next?
May 23 2005 // The Pacific Northwest is coming out of one of its driest winters on record, and emergency responders are bracing for an early and possibly severe wildfire season. But even in the midst of a drought, spring rains and...
SIIS Warns Texans About Coverage for Flood Damage
May 10 2005 // Many Texas homeowners are under the impression that flooding caused by rising water is covered under the standard homeowners insurance policy in Texas and often they discover too late that it is not, according to Jerry...
Fla. Water Management Officials Prepare for Hurricane Season
May 9 2005 // Florida water management officials have begun their annual drawdown of 17 lakes in the Kissimmee Basin, near Orlando, in anticipation of the upcoming hurricane season and are starting to put lessons into effect they...
‘Mixed Feelings’ Result as Fla. Legislature Passes SB 1486; Carriers’ Burdens Could Increase Overall Costs
May 9 2005 // The Florida Legislature debated SB 1486, an 83-page insurance bill, until the early morning hours on Saturday and approved a document that makes major changes in how claims will be handled, starting with the next storm....
DEVELOPMENT EFFECT ON FLOODING:
May 9 2005 // A doctoral student says his study of two small streams in eastern Pennsylvania appears to back up what inundated residents have long suspected: flooding along small creeks and streams is worsened when land is paved over....
University of Hawaii Flood Appropriation Bill Signed by Governor Lingle
May 9 2005 // Gov. Linda Lingle signed legislation making an emergency appropriation of $47 million for losses suffered by the University of Hawaii from the October flooding of Manoa Valley. A little more than half of the money came...
Student Study Backs Pa. Residents’ Claims of Development Effect on Flooding
Apr 29 2005 // A doctoral student says his examination of two small streams in eastern Pennsylvania appears to back up what inundated residents have long suspected: flooding along small creeks and streams is worsened when land is paved...
Key Issues Remain Unsolved As Fla. Passes HB 1937
Apr 29 2005 // House Bill 1937 passed with a vote of 96-20 on Thursday, despite opposition about exemptions on paying policy limits. One of the key issues still under consideration is a legislative remedy for a 2004 Florida court...
Fla. House Debating HB 1937 on Tuesday; AIA Supports Legislative ‘Fix’
Apr 26 2005 // As the Florida Legislature moves into its final two weeks, one of the key issues still under consideration is a legislative remedy for a 2004 Florida court decision requiring insurers to pay policy limits for homes with...
Fla. Insurance Bills Passage Could Exempt Surge Flood Damage Claims
Apr 25 2005 // Insurance bills nearing final votes in the Florida Legislature could provide insurers with a broad exemptions from paying homeowners with storm-surge flood damage according to provisions of the state’s 100-year-old...
