Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Homes on Mississippi Coast Hit by Flooding
May 2 2016 // The mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, has declared a state of emergency because of heavy rain and widespread flooding in the largest city on the state’s Gulf Coast. Gulfport emergency managers say 5 to 12 inches of...
South Carolina Senate Approves $40M Farmer Flood Aid
May 2 2016 // The Senate has approved a bill providing $40 million to South Carolina farmers devastated by last fall’s flooding. Senators voted 33-3 Thursday on legislation allowing farmers in disaster-declared counties to apply...
Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty Signs Off: ‘It’s Been a Labor of Love’
May 2 2016 // It’s not for the faint of heart, I can tell you that… Anyone who comes in here and thinks it’s an easy job really does not have any idea what they’re getting into. But it’s been a...
Proposed Restrictions Building in Oregon’s Flood Plains
May 2 2016 // Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations. The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a lawsuit from...
April Flood Among Houston’s Most Severe Non-Tropical Cat Events
May 2 2016 // Major flooding in the Houston metropolitan area that began on Sunday, April 17, 2016, and continued throughout the week is expected to result in billions of dollars in losses, both insured and uninsured. According to...
Honolulu Rail Project at Risk of Flood Damage
Apr 28 2016 // A group of residents is prepared to take Honolulu, Hawaii officials to court over the city’s multibillion-dollar rail project because of concerns that the rail could be vulnerable to flood damage. The Honolulu...
Texas, Louisiana Residents Sue Toledo Bend Dam Operator Over Flooding
Apr 28 2016 // Nearly 240 Texas and Louisiana residents have sued the Sabine River Authority over March flooding that inundated hundreds of homes and closed Interstate 10. Communities in Southeast Texas and Louisiana were flooded by up...
FEMA Grants Proof of Loss Extension to Louisiana NFIP Policyholders
Apr 26 2016 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted a 60-day extension on filing the Proof of Loss form for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Assurant to Pick Up Policies as Nationwide Exits Federal Flood Insurance Program
Apr 26 2016 // Nationwide will start winding down its status this May as a “Write Your Own” carrier within the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program. Assurant said it formed an agreement with the insurer...
Remaining Flood-Displaced Houstonians Get Temporary Housing
Apr 25 2016 // Officials in Houston have closed the last of the city’s shelters and moved more than 150 families into temporary housing following the torrential rains that claimed eight lives and displaced thousands of people in...
250 Homes in South Carolina Still Need Work 6 Months After Floods
Apr 25 2016 // Leaders of nonprofit groups in Horry County, South Carolina, say that, six months after historic rains inundated South Carolina, volunteers are needed to help repair hundreds of homes in the county. The Sun News reports...
Flood Mapping Tools to Help Residents in South Dakota’s Big Sioux River Basin
Apr 24 2016 // The state of South Dakota is working on new online flood mapping tools for the Big Sioux River Basin. The Google maps-style program should allow cities, counties, developers and emergency managers to test the flooding...
Insurer Among Parties Arguing over Cause of Flooded Homes in Nebraska
Apr 24 2016 // The city of Bellevue, Neb., the Metropolitan Utilities District, a plumbing contractor and its insurance company disagree about who’s to blame for a ruptured water line that flooded about 12 homes in February. The...
‘100-Year Floods’ Happen More Often Than People Think
Apr 22 2016 // Eleven months ago, Houston had a deadly flood. This week, the city had another. Events like these are often called “100-year floods,” and that can be misleading. The U.S. government began using the term in the...
Florida Commissioner McCarty Saying Goodbye: ‘It’s Been a Labor of Love’
Apr 21 2016 // “It’s not for the faint of heart, I can tell you that… Anyone who comes in here and thinks it’s an easy job really does not have any idea what they’re getting into. But it’s been a...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Seeks Extension of Flood Claim Deadline
Apr 19 2016 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend its deadline for Louisiana homeowners impacted by flooding, the insurance department announced. A federal disaster...
Texas Inundated as Storms Dump More than a Foot of Rain
Apr 18 2016 // A slow moving weather system has dumped up to 20 inches of rainfall west and northwest of Houston causing flooding and travel cancellations, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. Heavy rain primarily east of Austin has...
Proposed Restrictions Building in Oregon’s Flood Plains
Apr 18 2016 // Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations. The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a lawsuit from...
Mississippi Granted $13.3M for Storm Recovery, More Counties Eligible for Aid
Apr 18 2016 // Mississippi’s disaster declaration due to the March flooding and severe storms has been extended to 13 additional counties. Gov. Phil Bryant said at the beginning of April that 11 counties were added, followed by two...
Florida Insurer Launches Company Offering Admitted, Standalone Flood Coverage
Apr 18 2016 // A Florida-based homeowners insurer has beefed up its flood insurance offering with the launch of a new flood-coverage only company called TypTap. The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeowners Choice Property...
