Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Drawing the Line: New Maps Put More Homes in Floodplain
Oct 30 2000 // A routine update of floodplain maps in Pleasant Hill and San Pablo, Calif. has added more than 1,000 households to flood zones in both of the cities. Richmond, Martinez, Concord, Pittsburg, Danville and Clayton will also...
Floods, Landslides Cause Heavy Damage in Switzerland, Italy
Oct 16 2000 // The week-long rains which caused heavy damages in Southern England have subsided there, but new storms over the weekend in the Alps caused swollen rivers to overflow and produced a number of mudslides destroying buildings...
Southern England Floods Cause Extensive Damage
Oct 13 2000 // Heavy rains over the last three days have caused rivers to overflow and floodwaters to spread across wide areas of Southern England, forcing thousands to flee to higher ground and bringing ground transportation in the area...
FEMA Study Predicts Massive Coastal Erosion
Jul 10 2000 // One out of every four houses within 500 feet of the U.S. shoreline will become a casualty of erosion within the next 60 years. This hard-hitting fact is among many included in the report, Evaluation of Erosion Hazards,...
Whose Responsibility Is It’ Educating Agents and Insureds about Flood Insurance
Jun 12 2000 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that almost 11,000 households in the U.S. are at risk for flooding, which accounts for 90 percent of all disasters nationwide. Yet, the vast majority of American...
Bankers Enters California Homeowners Market
Jun 8 2000 // Florida-based Bankers Insurance Company was recently approved to write homeowners policies in California. Doing business in the Golden State is nothing new for Bankers. As the country’s second largest flood carrier...
Heavy Rains Cause Flood Loss in U.K.
Jun 6 2000 // Unseasonably heavy rains over the weekend caused extensive flood damage in northeast England. “Almost 30 hours of continuous rain caused the river Calder to burst its banks, flooding the town of Todmorden. Water was...
Australia Battered by Storms, Floods
Feb 25 2000 // Monsoon driven rains continued to dump water on central and Northeastern Australia, knocking out bridges, flooding highways and isolating many small communities. The Thomson River was expected to crest at 6 meters (19.8...
