Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Houston Eyeing Designer Bonds to Pay for $15B Ike Dike
Aug 30 2018 // A massive dike to hold back storm-driven floods surging in from the Gulf of Mexico was first proposed after Hurricane Ike devastated the Houston-area coast a decade ago. Last year’s Hurricane Harvey disaster brought...
Severe Storms Leave Trail of Damage in Wisconsin
Aug 30 2018 // An 11-year-old boy nearly lost his life in a waterlogged drainage ditch in eastern Wisconsin but was pulled to safety by an eagle-eyed firefighter who spotted his finger poking through a manhole cover, officials said,...
Virginia Reminds Homeowners to Review Property Coverage Before a Hurricane
Aug 30 2018 // Although hurricane activity in the Atlantic has been relatively quiet so far for 2018 with only five named storms to date, the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Bureau of Insurance is reminding Virginians...
A.M. Best: Insurers Equipped to Handle Hurricane Lane Losses
Aug 29 2018 // A.M. Best is expecting Hurricane Lane to be considered more of a flood event than a wind event. As a result, the storm that buffeted Hawaii should bring a potential triggering of the National Flood Insurance...
Education Is Reason Behind Replica of Katrina Flood-Damaged Home
Aug 28 2018 // In a dynamic before-and-after project, a nonprofit organization has partially restored a home ravaged by a catastrophic rush of floodwater when a New Orleans levee failed 13 years ago during Hurricane Katrina, re-creating...
Vermont Residents Learn More About River Regulations for Flooding
Aug 28 2018 // The Norwich Planning Commission in Vermont says it is gathering information on implementing proposed river corridor regulations. The commission and municipal Planning Director Rod Francis met last Thursday with about 15...
Houston-Area Voters Approve Flood-Control Bond Measure
Aug 27 2018 // Voters in Houston and its surrounding county marked the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by approving the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds to fund flood-control projects that might mitigate the damage caused...
Storm Passes Through Hawaii After Massive Rains
Aug 27 2018 // A once-powerful hurricane twisted and drifted away from Hawaii, leaving behind heavily saturated ground on the Big Island and many residents on other islands relieved it didn’t wreak more havoc. Firefighters on the...
The Co-operators Offers Storm Surge Insurance to Homeowners in Atlantic Canada
Aug 27 2018 // The Co-operators Group Ltd. is offering storm surge insurance to homeowners in the provinces of Atlantic Canada: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Most recently released in...
One Year Post-Harvey, Recovery Toughest for the Poor
Aug 24 2018 // Shirley Paley’s life before Hurricane Harvey was already a struggle: The 61-year-old former postal worker was raising her 17-year-old autistic grandson while dealing with a workplace injury that left her legally...
Rains from Hurricane Pummel Hawaii, Causing Floods and Landslides
Aug 24 2018 // Hurricane Lane has brought record rainfall to Hawaii, where flooding threatens $8 billion of homes and few can remember such torrential downpours. In 12 hours, 16.48 inches of rain fell on the Big Island of Hawaii and...
Survey: 10% of Texans Displaced by Harvey Still Haven’t Gone Home
Aug 23 2018 // One year after Hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas coast, 10 percent of the people impacted by the disaster have not been able to return to their homes, according to a report from two nonprofits that surveyed Texans about...
Hurricane Lane Threatens 48K Hawaii Homes with Reconstruction Value of $8B
Aug 22 2018 // A new analysis shows 48,617 homes in Hawaii with a total reconstruction cost value of roughly $8 billion are at extreme-to-very high risk of hurricane-driven flood damage from Hurricane Lane. The CoreLogic analysis issued...
Federal Government Will Shrink California Beach City’s Flood Zone
Aug 21 2018 // A report says a Southern California beach city has persuaded federal officials to exclude about 2,700 coastal properties from updated flood maps, saving homeowners thousands in insurance costs. The Los Angeles Times...
AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses from Japan Floods Could Reach US$4B
Aug 21 2018 // Industry insured losses from the flooding in western Japan caused by excessive rainfall from June 28 to July 8, 2018, will be between JPY284 billion (US$2.6 billion) and JPY423 billion (US$4.0 billion), according to...
Pennsylvania Governor Declares Disaster After Recent Floods
Aug 20 2018 // Days after touring areas of eastern Pennsylvania that were hard-hit by flooding, Governor Tom Wolf has signed a “disaster emergency” proclamation for the area. Friday’s move allows the state to ask for a...
India Hit with Worst Floods in Century, Bringing Damages of $3B, 350-Plus Deaths
Aug 20 2018 // Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, as authorities rushed to bring drinking water to the most affected areas, officials...
Guy Carpenter Licenses the CoreLogic U.S. Inland Flood Model
Aug 20 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. 2017 was a game-changing year for the insurance industry. Between the catastrophic deluge of water dumped in Texas from Hurricane Harvey and the unprecedented...
FEMA: Alabamians Need Flood Insurance
Aug 20 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging those in Alabama to purchase flood insurance. Though flooding is Alabama’s second-most common natural hazard, occurring on average every 12 days, FEMA...
Cabrillo Coastal Launches Flood Coverage Endorsement for Florida Homeowners
Aug 20 2018 // Cabrillo Coastal General Insurance Agency, headquartered in Gainesville, Fla., is now offering a flood endorsement for new or existing homeowners policies for their admitted programs in Florida. Cabrillo’s flood...
