Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
How Michael Could Affect Florence Recovery in Storm-Weary Carolinas
Oct 12 2018 // In the storm-weary Carolinas, Hurricane Michael’s approach stoked fresh fears among homeowners who still have tarps on their roofs or industrial dehumidifiers drying their floors from destruction left by Hurricane...
Natural Disasters in September Bring Costliest Damages to Date for 2018: Aon Report
Oct 11 2018 // Hurricane, flood, and earthquake damages made September the costliest month for natural catastrophes in 2018, according to a report from Aon’s Impact Forecasting team. September is typically the busiest month for...
Losses to North Carolina Schools from Florence Worse than Hurricane Matthew
Oct 11 2018 // North Carolina’s public school officials expect damage from Hurricane Florence to well exceed school losses after Hurricane Matthew two years ago, a Department of Public Instruction official told the state’s...
Georgia Insurance Chief Says to Prepare for Hurricane Michael; State of Emergency Issued
Oct 10 2018 // Georgia Governor Nathan Deal declared a State of Emergency Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Michael, which was expected to slam Florida as a Category 4 storm then travel northeast towards Georgia and the Carolinas on Thursday...
Duke Energy Braces for Second Hurricane Hit as Michael Nears Florida
Oct 10 2018 // Utilities are warning that lights in the Carolinas may go out for the second time in a month, thanks to Hurricane Michael. Duke Energy Corp. said Michael may trigger outages, some lasting for several days, in North...
Crowdsourcing App Promises Real-Time Alerts on Flooding Risk
Oct 9 2018 // When flood waters rise, more data helps better predict and monitor changing conditions. Soon there will be an app for that. The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Smart and Connected Communities $1.5 million grant...
Flood Damage to Central Mississippi Won’t Qualify as Federal Disaster
Oct 9 2018 // Victims of a flash flood that damaged more than 150 structures in central Mississippi are unlikely to qualify for federal disaster aid. WLBT-TV reports the Mississippi Emergency Management completed its assessment Oct. 1...
Florida Activates Disaster Fraud Teams Ahead of Hurricane Michael
Oct 8 2018 // The Florida Department of Financial Services Disaster Fraud Action Strike Team (DFAST) has been activated ahead of what is expected to become Hurricane Michael and will be deployed in the affected areas to protect...
Congress OKs Disaster Fix to Aid Louisiana Flood Victims
Oct 5 2018 // Legislation headed to President Donald Trump’s desk could help thousands of Louisiana flood victims. The U.S. Senate gave final passage this week to a package of federal disaster policy changes, included in a bill...
Arizona Dam Could Fail And Flood Village, Officials Warn
Oct 5 2018 // An earthen dam in Arizona’s southern desert could fail and flood a small village because the lake behind it is swollen with runoff from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa, officials said this week. Ali Chuk, a...
Disaster Declaration Approved for Flash Flood Recovery in New York
Oct 5 2018 // President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for upstate New York counties hit by severe flash flooding in August. The declaration signed Monday by the Republican will allow the counties to apply for federal...
Remnants of Tropical Storm Causes Flooding, Traps Arizona Cars
Oct 4 2018 // Remnants of a tropical storm drenched parts of the desert Southwest this week, trapping some drivers on swamped streets of Phoenix, Ariz. as authorities prepared for possible flash flooding in the state, central Utah and...
Maryland County Approves $17M for Ellicott City Flood Plan
Oct 4 2018 // The Howard County Council in a narrow 3-2 vote approved two bills on Monday night that will allocate nearly $17 million toward a controversial five-year flood mitigation plan for Ellicott City. The bills represent the...
Army Corps Preparing its Own Hurricane Protection Plan for Houston
Oct 4 2018 // Later this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will recommend a multi-billion-dollar plan to help protect the Texas coast — the Houston area in particular — from hurricanes. When it will become a reality, however,...
Pennsylvania Warns About Flood-Damaged Vehicles After Hurricane Florence
Oct 3 2018 // With automotive officials estimating that as many as 40,000 vehicles were damaged by flooding from Hurricane Florence, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) are...
Flash Flood Watches for Parts of Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah
Oct 1 2018 // The National Weather Service issued flash flood watches for parts of four states in the Southwest for late Monday and Tuesday. Areas covered by watches due to what the weather service’s Las Vegas office calls...
Federal Officials Assessing Wisconsin Flood Damage
Oct 1 2018 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are touring Wisconsin to assess damage in communities that were hit by flooding and tornadoes in August. Five FEMA teams are assessing damage to public infrastructure and homes...
Study: Texas to See More Frequent 100-Year Rain Events
Oct 1 2018 // Decades of additional weather data have led federal officials to reconsider rainfall totals in Texas that define 100-year weather events and caution that extreme rainstorms will strike the state more frequently. The...
Florence Recovery Begins in Carolinas as Flood Waters Finally Recede
Oct 1 2018 // Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters were expected to reach their final peak before heading into the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday and weren’t as high as once feared in parts of South Carolina. The Waccamaw River was...
Florence Impact on Insurers Tempered by Mostly Uninsured Flood Losses
Oct 1 2018 // Insurance industry losses from Hurricane Florence, which hit the Carolinas mid-September as a Category 1 storm, will be manageable and not have a severe impact on insurers, according to experts. As the storm turned out to...
